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Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Two for the Road |
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Joanna and David meet casually on an ocean trip. She is with a group of choir singing school friends, he is foot loose and fancy free. She - tall, thin and gawky - fancies him, while he, handsome young man, fancies the pretty girls. Yet one by one the pretty girls get the chicken pox thus putting Joanna and David together. They tour about Europe together slowly but surely falling in love. And so they marry. This is just the beginning, as the story is of their life together with its many ups and downs and downs and ups.
It should be noted that the story is not told in chronological order, which can be a bit confusing, but works very well with flash-backs and even flash forwards. There is gorgeous scenery, couture, music (melodic Mancinni) plus Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. Their glowing affection on the set was real, the doldrums of their film life together are well played, but it is the joys and humor they shared which make this film stunning.
--, Resident Scholar
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Teaming two European actors to tour Europe was an excellent idea! Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney are a married couple who are celebrating their 12th wedding anniversary
and they choose to do it by re-tracing the steps they took those years ago when they met hitching around Europe (one could do that safely in those days!). Much flashback is used, but the winsome ways of Miss Hepburn and Finney are captivating on film. It is a love affair that must be tempered by fire! But survive it they do, and along the way, what fun, what memories. Music is by Henry Mancini and the film is directed by Stanley Donen.
--Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Two for the Road |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- romantic comedy
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
Misc setting
- beach
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
- all mixed up
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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