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"Funny Face" 1957 with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn
- Another movie supporting the view that Fred Astaire movies were the Elvis movies of his generation - generic, unimportant plots that exist only to allow Fred and his gorgeous co-star(s) to sing and dance up a storm
- This one rises above many of the others because Hepburn's effortless grace, glowing beauty and contagious joy lift off the screen amidst the backdrop of gorgeous (but not yet spit-shined after WWII) Paris
- I'd go so far as to say that Hepburn all but steals this one from Astaire - she owns every scene she's in from bookstore mouse to supermodel, with her dancing in the iconic black leotard outfit defining the movie (and showing that simple beats elaborate every time, i.e., she looks better in that leotard with her hair in a pony tail and light makeup than in her couture outfit with catwalk-quantities of makeup and highly constructed hairdos)
- Fred seemed a little too old for this one - his dancing has hardly lost a step (which means it's still ridiculously fluid and elegant), but being more than twice Hepburn's age made the romance between him and Hepburn feel forced
- Watch it for Fred, for dancing, for singing, for Paris and, even more so, for Hepburn's glow
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