Funny Face

1957
US
1h 43min
U

Directed by: Stanley Donen
Written by: Leonard Gershe
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng

Design is to the fore in Donen's visually brilliant musical fairytale that follows a vaguely Pygmalion structure. Hepburn is the dull bookseller who's transformed into a model by fashion photographer Astaire. A Gershwin score, some biting wit from Thompson as a magazine editor and Hepburn's glowing beauty make this an enduring movie that looks terrific.