Audrey Hepburn: douleur et gloire

It needed tighter editing and tried to be "overly artsy" at times, but Audrey Hepburn was still a fascinating individual

Perhaps I know too much about Audrey Hepburn.

I know they leave out the best part of her screen test for "Roman Holiday." I know the marquee for "Gigi" is for the movie, not the play she was in. And I know how many of her great movies are omitted. But, basically, I know they never capture what made Hepburn the incandescent star she was.

In fact, there aren't that many clips of her actually speaking in her movies. At the end of "Roman Holiday," she drops her voice to say she will keep her visit, "..in memory as long as I live." It's a lovely reading of that line. There are great moments from, "Two for the Road," and "Charade," and those movies aren't even mentioned.

I think Audrey took pride in her acting, yet you see little of that talent. She is mostly shown as an icon of style at many gala events. Too bad they don't show what made her a great and charming actress.

Loved this documentary of my all time favorite actress. Heard some already well known facts about her life and learned some new things about her which was nice. Documentary covers her Hollywood life as well as her personal life.

She could wear a potato sack and still look absolutely stunning. My heart breaks that she never really loved herself like a lot of the world did and still does. Happy that she at least ended up with a gentleman, Robert Wolders, that made her feel loved. Also that she became the face for UNICEF which meant more to her than being movie star. Would always love to see more about her but this movie did a decent job of it.

I love Audrey and I wanted to love this movie. Although there are moments that shine and much lovely footage of Audrey, this documentary fell flat in many aspects.

Worst of all were the absolutely cheesy and unnecessary "reenactments" featuring modern day ballerinas dancing - and an awful father daughter reenactment, yikes. Took this from what could've been a beautiful tribute for a timeless star to a made-for-tv c-list movie. How disappointing.

The music choices could've been better and many great films were glossed over or missed.

The one area that was featured well in this documentary is fashion, I enjoyed both the commentary and the looks showcased, I just wish the other elements of Audrey's very rich life were given the same treatment.

Many omissions make this biography extremely unsatisfying. One of her sons is completely absent from this life story. Her possible anorexia, or at least highly problematic relationship with food as a result of starvation during WWII, is essentially ignored. I found the dance sequences during which she was portrayed at different ages by various ballerinas superfluous and irritating. All in all, this film feels very insubstantial and inadequate to represent such revered and admired icon.