Product: The Audrey Hepburn Story [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
Nice, but needs work.
It's an intriguing idea to bring the story of Audrey Hepburn to the big screen, but did it all go well? Pretty much. The Audrey Hepburn Story is an average-and-a-bit film that occasionally frames Hepburn as a bit of a ..., but a likeable one. The TV-movie is a little over-long, but it spends a nice time telling the world what it must have been like through Hepburn's eyes. Jennifer Love Hewitt is good, although she does not have quite the touch to portray a brilliant performance. Better ones come from Frances Fisher as Hepburn's mother and a young actress called Emily Rossum who movingly plays Audrey from 14-16. The script has some really intriguing moments and a touching back-story. But, in the long shot, the film really misses greatness when it flaws itself deeply at the end. Nice work, but misses the mark sometimes.