Breakfast At Tiffany's (Wide Screen) > Reviews > She's a phony alright, but a real phony!

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Good
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Outstanding
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	Can be appreciated on many levels
Disadvantages:	Peppard's character is underused

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Watching this film, it became apparent to me that Audrey Hepburn is the most beautiful woman ever to have lived. Even with a silly fringe.
This film works on so many levels. Superficially it is a charming love story. It is also a fascinating look at New York, with the central character who's career is shrouded in mystery (is she or isn't she a call girl?) as well as her entire life, the lead male who is definitely a gigolo of sorts as well as being a novelist, a mafia don in prison, a model, the ninth richest man in America and the curious upstairs neighbour played to perfection by Mickey Rooney (but what are THOSE pictures she talked to him about?). It is wonderful to see how all these people interact, but Hepburn is fascinating as the young woman who seems innocence personified but is actually acutely aware "They haven't had snow in New Orleans for years. How does he think them up?" she says of Sally Tomato's 'weather report'. Peppard's character could have had more room for development, but this is Hepburn's film throughout.
This is a truly beautiful film, a classic in every sense.