Funny Face, 1957
Funny Face stars Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn - whom I love and adore and like I mentioned I really watched it for her. The story follows a young girl who works in a little books store that dreams about intellectual discussions with professors in Paris who finds herself one afternoon whilst in her shop stormed by the editor of a famous fashion magazine with models and a photographer, Jo is angry as she harshly brushed aside. At the time little did Jo know that she would soon be selected as the new face of Victory (the fashion magazine that she thoroughly hates). Of course when Jo finds out that she has been selected she out right refuses which makes sense as she is the pretentious intellect that believes that fashion and fashion magazines are beneath her. But when promised a trip to Paris she just couldn't refuse. Naturally Jo falls for the photographer whom convinces her that her funny face is beautiful.
I know this sounds like a silly criticism but seriously having Fred Astaire playing Dick the photographer? Isn't he a little too old? I know who else would have done a better job than him in the dancing and the singing and whatnot but it felt really odd and creepy to have him with Hepburn who was at least 30 years his junior. Plus when this movie came out Astaire was pushing 60. Which I thought was pretty amazing considering how much singing and dancing he was doing.
Simply Funny Face was a romance much like many of it's time so yeah nothing overly new or exciting. I like said before I don't have a problem with it but it certainly not my favourite Hepburn movie. I would have to give it nice sweet 6.5/10.
Isn't she just absolutely stunning?! Just beautiful!
