With a cast that features Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Charles Boyer and Hugh Griffith, you'd think this movie would be more interesting. The problem was that at slightly over two hours, it had too many parts that lagged. It took over an hour just to set up the heist. By then, a lot of viewers - at least in the theater where I saw this - were getting antsy. I couldn't blame them.
It's a heist movie but it's mainly a comedy. I liked the subtle humor in here but there wasn't enough of it to sustain interest. Eli Wallach also looked out of place. I guess I was used to seeing him as a Mexican bandit, not in a role like this! Hepburn's accent can be very annoying at times, too, unless you are a big fan of her's. As for O'Toole: he should have stayed in the desert.
It's a heist movie but it's mainly a comedy. I liked the subtle humor in here but there wasn't enough of it to sustain interest. Eli Wallach also looked out of place. I guess I was used to seeing him as a Mexican bandit, not in a role like this! Hepburn's accent can be very annoying at times, too, unless you are a big fan of her's. As for O'Toole: he should have stayed in the desert.