Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
A competent and affectionate documentary portrait of Audrey Hepburn that benefits from rich archival material and intimate testimonials, but follows a fairly conventional cradle-to-grave biographical documentary structure. The cinematography relies heavily on archival footage and stills, serviceable but not visually distinctive. The subject herself is endlessly fascinating — spanning WWII famine survival, Hollywood stardom, haute couture, and UNICEF humanitarian work — which elevates the material above a routine celebrity doc, though the filmmaking approach is largely by-the-numbers for the genre. Novelty is limited as Hepburn has been the subject of numerous documentaries and biopics before this one, and this entry doesn't radically reframe her story despite claiming an 'unprecedented' intimacy.