Product: The Audrey Hepburn Story [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
sickening attempt to capture the soul of a true film icon
Jennifer Love Hewitt certainly has a lot of courage to take on a role that she had to know would bring her more criticism than acclaim. Or she just isn't that bright. It is sure to be the greatest mistake of her career. It is noticeable how much effort she puts into portraying Audrey, but she does it void of emotion. And as if Audrey Hepburn was only a paperdoll. Not a woman with a real story to tell.Audrey Hepburn was admired for much more than her looks and talents. She was a woman who suffered and survived many things! She was courageous, intelligent, generous, the list goes on and on! Hewitt's performance reflects NONE of this. It takes more than doe eyes.Hewitt needs to stick to fluffy teen movies and Neutrogena commercials until she matures as an actress. I did not find her looks or mannerisms to reflect Audrey's very much, but more because Hewitt was obviously trying so hard, it did not seem to come natural at all. Maybe if she wasn't such an obvious wanna-be and had relaxed, she would have done a better job?Many people say, well *who* could have portrayed Audrey and my answer is (I am sure I will get flamed for saying this), I would have much rather seen Julia Ormond in this role. I know she wasn't supposed to be portraying AUDREY HEPBURN in her role as Sabrina (the remake with Harrison Ford), and at the time her performance was so reminiscent of Audrey that it irritated me - BUT after seeing THIS horrible "movie" with JLH it made me appreciate Julia Ormond so much much more! I think she would have done a splendid job. Ormond really captures Audrey Hepburns softness and warmth of character and heart. Also, I agree with the previous review that suggested Natalie Portman. Perhaps Natalie Portman as a young Audrey Hepburn and Julia Ormond as a mature Audrey Hepburn? Can we please reshoot this film?Jennifer Love Hewitt showed us her stuggle which was a distraction to the story. Poorly produced and researched as well - you miss out on so much. You are much better off buying the A&E Biography tape (much better than the Hollywood Collection, Audrey Remembered) and reading Alexander Walker's biography on Audrey Hepburn.It would have been refreshing and enjoyable to see a story based on Audrey Hepburns life, not documentary style and maybe some day we will. However, this movie is not worth the buy and not worth the watch, unless you are curious to see just how bad a job Hewitt did. I'm really not trying to just slam JLH, I happened to like her on Party of Five.