Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

good back-story, and good acting

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Breakfast at Tiffany's: Directed by Blake Edwards and written by George AxelrodThis classic of cinema is considered a romantic comedy. I'm here to say they must have had very different definitions of what that meant back in the early 60s. The undercurrent behind this story is tragic. Two people hiding from what they used to be. They can reinvent themselves to be whoever they want. Holly Golightly does this on a nightly basis. They are running from something. For Paul, he seems to be running from his inability to write. He is running from being a kept man diminishing what he sees as his control over his life. Holly is running from the life she left behind with Doc and his children. It is strongly implied that he forced her into a marriage she didn't want at a tender young age. She seemed to do this out of love for her brother. Honestly there is so much more to the character of Holly Golightly than just the fun, carefree frothy lifestyle she lives. The parties are a mask. Paul falls for this carefree woman at first but he loves the woman behind the facade. Holly is a force of nature though. He can't have her no matter how much he might want to. He acts in the way the forceful way he shouldn't. The elephant in the room though is the awful racist caricature played by Mickey Rooney. It's painful every time he comes on screen and he shows up fairly early in the runtime. He makes your skin crawl watching him in 2018. I understand getting upset at a movie made in 1961 about a character in 2018 is kind of silly but man does it bring this movie down a notch or two. Also how Paul behaves towards Holly is very uncomfortable to watch. I understand this is a movie where two people care for each other but never speak it out of discomfort. Holly is good for Paul but is Paul good for Holly, can anybody really be good for her?Audrey Hepburn is truly amazing in this movie. It is the part that solidified her legend. It is earned because she makes the movie. She makes it entertaining. She makes it watchable. George Peppard really keeps up with her pace when he needs to. We understand why he might fall in love with her.I give this movie a B. It's worth checking it out at least once.

I saw this in the 1970s as a girl and like many people was entranced by Audrey Hepburn's performance. Now, in re-watching it and reading how Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly, it dawns on me that someone like Anna Nicole Smith would've been perfect for the role, had she been an actress. I'm surprised this film has not been remade yet.

This is one of my favourite movies and the lead of the film is one of my favourite actresses, Audrey Hepburn. The most interesting character of the movie by far is the main character, Holly Golightly. I would describe her as crazy but in a captivating way. She will not name her cat, she claims until she finds a place that makes her feel as wonderful as Tiffany's does.Holly doesn't know what she wants, what she needs, or even who she is. But she carries herself well and seems so classy and sure of herself. As the movie progresses, Holly's character is revealed a lot and goes through very intense and dynamic changes. A lot of people may dislike the characters because of their negative qualities even though many people share them without even knowing it. By the end of the film, you will be full of smiles, tears, or both.This is a movie that will pull at your heartstrings. Some parts are really light and funny and others are sad and deep. The movie ties Holly's materialistic desires and her deep emotional desires well in a way that viewers are able to follow well and relate to. The music is phenomenal. The acting is amazing, particularly from Hepburn. The settings are beautiful, detailed and authentic. The dialogue and plot are also incredibly entertaining.

Classy, beautiful and stylish, they simply don't make films like this anymore, and that's a real shame!The iconic image of Audrey Hepburn, that cigarette holder and that little black dress congers up memories of sheer class, it was a time when women could just be women, without having to worry about words like sexist, feminism and equal rights..., we can yarn for the return of this era but take it from me, they're never coming back. Enjoyable and pleasant, Breakfast at Tiffany's is a tale of a New York socialite whose estranged husband has been banged up in Sing Sing prison, Holly Golightly played by Hepburn is on the prowl and comes across her next prey, a young writer by the name of Paul Varjak, played by the underrated George Peppard (most famous for his portrayal of Hannibal in the A Team), a getting to know you session ensues and before long romance blossoms, before the spark his sadly blown out and the two eventually part ways, Holly has seemingly found someone better and more suitable. In the end the couple, realising they are right for each other after all, make up with a rainy kiss (with cat in tow) and the film reaches its inevitable climax. Yes the film is predictable, very much so, you know how it's going to end up, but that's not the point, with a classic film like this predictability is a virtue, it aids in its success, you relate to the two main characters and steadily full in love with Holly (or Audrey, or both, with me it was both) and you feel sympathetic towards Paul (or as Holly calls him, Fred); you want the ending to be this way, you absolutely crave it, and in the end you're rewarded with what you've been craving for the whole film..., ching-ching! Take watch modern film makers, this is how you make a film! The romance is repressive, get the idea? The sexual repression deepens your desire and draws you further into the film, are you taking note modern films makers? Breakfast at Tiffany's is a joy to watch because your watching the big boys come out to play, this is how the grown ups do it, the parents and grandparents of the current generation; the film was released at the tail end of the golden era and benefits from the rub it receives from being of the same era as other classic films. Audrey Hepburn is one of the greatest actresses to ever grace the silver screen, and with Breakfast at Tiffany's you can easily tell why, just a shame she didn't win the Oscar for best actress, she really should've done! And on a final note, this was the film that gave birth to the all time classic song, Moon River, no one sings it better than Audrey. Truman Capote the writer, Blake Edwards the director and Audrey Hepburn the legend, thank you!