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Two for the Road
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302878523
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302878527
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: English (Original Language), AnalogFrench (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 111 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: April 27, 1967
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Editorial Review:
Best known for light, entertaining musicals such as Singin' in the Rain, director Stanley Donen grew more adventurous (and less successful) in the latter stages of his career, but this edgy romantic comedy from 1967 has proven to be one of Donen's best, most enduring films. Jumping back in forth in time, the film chronicles the marital ups and downs of a stylish British couple (Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn) as they travel on various vacations over the course of their 12-year marriage. The separate vignettes combine to form a collage of joys and pains as the young couple struggles to maintain their fading marital bliss. In this regard, the film is refreshingly sophisticated in its treatment of the difficulties of long-term commitment, and with Hepburn and Finney in the leads, great performances are drawn from the acerbic wit of Frederick Raphael's screenplay. Fashion mavens will also marvel at Hepburn's astonishing wardrobe of late-'60s fashion--she's a showcase for summer couture, looking fantastic in everything from candy-striped bellbottoms to hip sunglasses and outrageously stylish hats. Some of the melodrama clashes with forced comedy (such as tiresome running gags or a cartoonish portrayal of crass American tourists), but that doesn't stop Two for the Road from being timelessly appealing and truthful to the challenge of lasting love. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Time changes everything
This is a movie that has suffered the onslaught of time. I believe it was probably seen as avant garde when it came out but now it feels dated.
The performances are fine but the actual story has lost a lot of its bite because of changing moral values. Maybe this was one of the movies that ushered the change?
Rating:  - Sophisticated Sixties Sleeper very much of its time
Two for the Road is a 1967 comedy/drama about a marriage over a period of about 7 years (their first car has a Jan. 1960 sticker). The chronological juxtaposition is something reminiscent of "A Man and a Woman" as well as other French new wave films of the time. And the sophisticated take on marriage perhaps partially inspired by "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Audrey Hepburn gets to wear about 50 or so outfits mostly straight off the Carnaby Street racks. And it's interesting to see ... Read More
Rating:  - Freeway of love
A swinging 60s version of Scenes from a Marriage. Director Stanley Donen whips up a masterful cinematic soufflé here, folding in a sophisticated script by Frederick Raphael, a generous helping of Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn, and topping it all off with a real cherry of a score by the great Henry Mancini. Donen follows the travails of a married couple over the years of their relationship, by constructing a series of non-linear flashbacks and flash-forwards (a structural device that has been ... Read More
Rating: - Smart, charming 60's romance
I saw this movie when it first came out as I was a huge fan of both Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. I remember loving it and was happy to find the DVD on the shelf of my local library this week. It's interesting to me to see how I react to films that I loved long ago. Some hold up in my mind, some surpass my memories and some disappoint. I'm sorry that this film falls into the latter category.
It's still wonderful in its way---one of the last of the genre of romance films starring ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie about and for married people
An unconventional portrayal of the life of a married couple Joanna and Mark Wallace, this movie gives us a glimpse of what "being married" is all about. One of Audrey's greatest performance, TFTR is one of the most underrated movies in Hollywood. The music of Henry Mancini adds to the charm of the film together with the meticulous direction of Stanley Donen.
Highly recommended!
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