A radiant Audrey Hepburn highlights this adaptation of the Truman Capote novella about a carefree woman who cannot commit to anyone or anything. She can’t even bring herself to name her cat. Indeed it is a tribute to Audrey Hepburn’s talent that she can make this shallow, chain smoking, shoplifting, gold digging free spirit, so utterly charming. There is real vulnerability here. Nevertheless, this light, frothy flight of fancy is extremely overrated and awfully dated (Mickey Rooney’s exaggerated performance is an embarrassment). However, the vividly eccentric characters and the luxurious style of it all, is captivating.
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Thank your lucky stars they cast this film BEFORE Blake Edwards met Julie Andrews.
Julie Andrews can be very charming (Sound of Music) but I agree. Audrey Hepburn is the quintessential Holly Golightly.
You’re right. Only a personally charming actress like
Audrey Hepburn could make an audience care about Holly. George Peppard’s performance was as wooden as the character was written.
The film was more about Holly Golightly, but I thought he was pretty good. It’s true we never learned too much about him, though. His character was somewhat of an enigma.