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Paris When It Sizzles
from Paramount
starring William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Grégoire Aslan, Raymond Bussières, Christian Duvaleix
directed by Richard Quine

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Fails to heed its own advice...
  As a whole I found `Paris When it Sizzles' to be far more entertaining than the reviews would have you believe. It was fun and exciting and even breathtaking in scenes, and it never lost your interest for something was constantly going on, but when all was said and done I felt as if the film was truly a missed opportunity. Instead of giving us that `switch' in the end the film merely falls into the clichéd Hollywood ending that the two main characters were fighting so fervently against throughout the... more info

• Not Quite Charming Enough
  This film far from captures the spirit of Paris, even on a bad day. I was excited about this film, because I am a huge fan of both Hepburn and Holden, but the end result was disappointing.
  William Holden hires a temporary secretary, Audrey Hepburn, to help him complete his latest screenplay. Half of the movie is spent imagining silly plots for the script, and the other half is spent watching the alcoholic writer woo the oh-so-sweet secretary. Spoiler: In the end, of course, Holden gets the girl.more info

• The Sleeper Hit Of Hepburn's Career
  I had never heard of this film until I recently saw it as the in-flight movie on a jet. Now I own it. It's a very nice romantic comedy, with a surreal edge to it. Also there are some cameos by big stars to look out for. Audrey Hepburn absolutely never looked as beautiful as she does here in Paris When It Sizzles. It may not have the depth of some of her other movies, but this one is a lot of fun.

• Wake me when it gets to the "Sizzle" part
  This is another one of Audrey's stinkers. It starts off dumb and then gets silly. Apparently, it was supposed to be a sophisicated comedy with a lot of surprising cameos and witty dialog. It fails over and over.
  Both Audrey and William Holden would and could do much better things.
  It just gets progressively worse.

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