Critic Reviews

My Fair Lady (1964) Rank 3 Reviews

Expert Review Summary

Movie critics combined give My Fair Lady (1964) a score of 3.0579 out of 4

based on (28) reviews

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Excellent

(6)

Very Good

(21)

Good

(1)

Fair

(0)

Poor

(0)

Reviews by Score:

DVDActive (Holly E. Ordway)

My Fair Lady is lighthearted, fun, and entertaining; I only wish that Warner hadn’t muddied the waters with edge enhancement! But with an anamorphic transfer and a reasonable number of extras in its current release, My Fair Lady is unlikely to ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at DVDActive (Holly E. Ordway)

filmcritic.com

Perhaps the best recommendation about this movie is that it transcends its conventions and almost anyone, not just fans of musicals or romances or classics, may find it entertaining. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at filmcritic.com

The Flick Filosopher's take

My Fair Lady is a wonderful movie, even if you enjoy it only for its surface charms and ignore the subtext. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at The Flick Filosopher's take

Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org

The music is beautiful but there are real lessons to be learned from Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org

DVD Verdict - Special Edition

The opening credits note that the script comes "from a play by George Bernard Shaw." A play? Any play? The play in question is Pygmalion, Shaw's 1913 social satire in which language and class are soundly thrashed. In the original version, Henry Higgins ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at DVD Verdict - Special Edition

DVD Times

My Fair Lady ends just as it should, at home, together and without the games and society charades with Eliza Doolittle finally finding in Henry Higgins what she had first wished for in Covent Garden in the words of Wouldn't It Be Loverly. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at DVD Times

Time Out (Geoff Andrew)

Hepburn is clearly awkward as the Cockney Eliza in the first half, and in general the adaptation is a little too reverential to really come alive. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Time Out (Geoff Andrew)

Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)

I'll take it over Oliver! and Gigi any day of the week. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)

Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)

A delightful adult musical, there are some hysterically funny double-entendres if you pay attention. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)

JoBlo.com's DVD Clinic

For anybody who has a thing for Audrey Hepburn, great musicals or just enjoys good old-fashioned top-notch feel-good movie entertainment. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at JoBlo.com's DVD Clinic

Christian Spotlight on the Movies

Slow paced musical, with only a couple of good songs. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

As I watched it, I wondered what had happened to the tradition that produced it. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Reel.com DVD review (Kim Morgan)

Not a skimpy disc for the collector, but even after getting through the shortest of the extras, you'll feel not as if you've danced all night, but rather WATCHED all night. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Kim Morgan)

Movie Vault (Greg C.)

I was so thrilled with the release of "My Fair Lady" on DVD that I just had to sing. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Movie Vault (Greg C.)

Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Wong)

Visually, the film is simply spectacular, ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Wong)

DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)

My Fair Lady is one of those unassailable Hollywood blockbusters that is just too entertaining to ignore. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)

Movie Ram-blings

I highly recommend it. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Movie Ram-blings

Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

MY FAIR LADY is one of those rare films that turns out to be utter perfection in every way. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

Classic Film Guide

One of my favorite movies! ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Classic Film Guide

Film Freak Central Review (Travis Hoover)

What remains is nothing more than a funny story with occasional songs--which, sadly, is exactly what a musical audience is looking for. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at Film Freak Central Review (Travis Hoover)

DVD Net (Anthony Clarke)

All in all, this is long (165-minutes), but always a memorable film-realisation of one of the glories of the musical stage. ...read the complete My Fair Lady movie review at DVD Net (Anthony Clarke)

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