MFL has been criticized as being too romanticized, too overblown. For an example of this, just watch Eliza’s facial expression at Ascot, when she realises her opportunity to demonstrate her new-found mastery of the English tongue – sweetly hilarious. The reason for this is simple Audrey Hepburn brings her “own spark of divine fire”, (to quote Higgins) to the role and her vulnerability, mixed with her sweet, naive charm and even her wonderfully juvenile pettishness shown in “Just You Wait” all prove what a talented actress she really is. Perhaps she’s not ideal in the earliest scenes of the movie – her “dirtiness” is never quite believable – but it has to be said that despite this smallish drawback she still glows, and makes an amazing Eliza overall. Review: There’s a lot of negative things been said about Audrey Hepburn’s interpretation of the role of Eliza. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond, one that is threatened by aristocratic suitor Freddy Eynsford-Hill ( Jeremy Brett). His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle ( Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Synopsis: Pompous phonetics Professor Henry Higgins ( Sir Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. Musical film directed in 1964 by George Cukor, and starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel…
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