DVD Review: Funny Face

Another A+ Movie from the Paramount Centennial Collection. Funny Face, starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire is the fourth installment to this so far fantastic series.

Funny Face is not your typical musical, it's a witty romantic comedy that showcases great talent of our time. Fred Astaire gives a wonderful performance; if you haven't seen him act or dance you are missing out on what is truly a Hollywood legend. Audrey Hepburn gives another dazzling performance; I fall more in love with her in each movie that
I see.

One person that really stands out is Kay Thompson who plays the owner of the Fashion Magazine Quality. She brings attitude and wit to what could have been a very typical musical and romantic comedy. Some of these movies can drag on with song after song, or the same comedic formula that get tiring scene after scene. Kay Thompson jumps in at the right moment giving Funny Face the perfect balance to wit, music, comedy, and romance.

As always, Paramount packs in the special features which are nothing but dynamic in its scope of offerings. From a feature about Kay Thompson, to fashion, and of course a retrospective about Paramount in the 50's.

Funny Face is more than a movie about a shy bookshop clerk turned model who falls
in love with Quality fashion photographer, it's a lesson in cinema, fashion, music, and art.

And if nothing else, it's the source of those somewhat recent GAP commercials with Audrey Hepburn dancing in the "skinny black pant."

Funny Face is available on DVD now.