Roman Holiday

4.00
    Roman Holiday
    1953

    Synopsis

    Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

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    Cast

    • Audrey HepburnPrincess Ann
    • Gregory PeckJoe Bradley
    • Eddie AlbertIrving Radovich
    • Hartley PowerMr. Hennessy
    • Harcourt WilliamsAmbassador
    • Margaret RawlingsCountess Vereberg
    • Tullio CarminatiGen. Provno
    • Paolo CarliniMario Delani
    • Claudio ErmelliGiovanni
    • Paola BorboniCharwoman

    Recommendations

    • 100

      TV Guide Magazine

      The film has enough adventure and excitement to satisfy, and the faintly bittersweet note of the ending is made deliciously palatable by its artistic rightness.
    • 100

      The Hollywood Reporter

      With Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn turning in superb performances, Roman Holiday is 118 minutes of sheer entertainment.
    • 90

      Variety

      [William Wyler] times the chuckles with a never-flagging pace, puts heart into the laughs, endows the footage with some boff bits of business and points up some tender, poignant scenes in using the smart script and the cast to the utmost advantage.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      It delivers on everything it promises, from the modern day reverse-Cinderella fable to a fabric of low-key humor. [Review of re-release]
    • 80

      The New York Times

      It is a contrived fable but a bittersweet legend with laughs that leaves the spirits soaring.
    • 80

      Empire

      Witty, warm and beautifully filmed by Franz Planer and Henri Alekan, it remains an unabashed romantic delight, with Hepburn particularly luminescent. [Review of re-release]
    • 75

      Boston Globe

      The film itself is a classic of romantic wish fulfillment, exactly the sort of beautiful lie that Hollywood specialized in. [Review of re-release]
    • 60

      Chicago Reader

      Wyler lays out all the elements with care and precision, but the romantic comedy never comes together - it's charm by computer. [Review of re-release]

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