adonis98-743-186503 An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it. Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond have a terrific chemistry together and their relationship is the best part of film, unfortunately the whole romance between her and Kinnear did seam kinda cheesy tho and his "accident" felt like a parody. Sabrina is a nice romantic film but in certain aspects and scenes it could have been better. (8/10)

bbewnylorac The lovely locations are the best that can be said about this tepid, half-hearted 1990s remake of the 1950s Audrey Hepburn vehicle. Julia Ormond is a good choice for the title role, but the script just doesn't crackle and fizz like it should, and the story plods along without inviting much interest. And to cast Harrison Ford as Linus, the love interest? I mean, he is too old. Greg Kinnear, as his brother David, is also too old to play a young playboy. And he doesn't have the playboy look. The dialogue is as stilted as a 1940s B-movie. But this is the 1990s. The film's creators seem determined to exclude all signs of modern times, except for the flat screen TVs Linus sells. And this world of society dinner parties and dumb barbie doll women really jars for me in this era. But the biggest anachronism for me is how Sabrina's value and happiness Is portrayed as resting solely in her looks and poise. I mean, the poor girl seems to have no identity in her own right. It's as if her problems will be solved once she hooks a man. She doesn't have any life of her own, and her sappy father, the chauffeur, looks on weakly. Sabrina is living in a daytime soap! And it's boring - for her and for us.

Predrag If you haven't seen the 1954 movie, this is a remake of, here's the basic story: There are two brothers in the wealthy Larrabee family, one of whom is a playboy and the other of whom is a workaholic businessman. The chauffeur's daughter, Sabrina, goes to Paris to learn a trade and comes back looking much more elegant. The playboy is engaged to a woman from a wealthy family, which is supposed to strengthen the success of a business merger. When Sabrina comes back from Paris, the playboy sets his desire on her, and so the businessman brother intervenes so the merger will not be ruined. Eventually the businessman's heart softens and he stops being selfishly manipulative, and his own change causes the playboy to rise to the occasion and make things right. It's all done with great flair and humor.Harrison Ford is spectacular and comes across as a paradox of gruffness and sensitivity, still maintaining his sex-appeal. Ford plays a seemingly callous businessman who as the story develops, grows more and more endearing. Together with Julia Ormond who plays her role elegantly and sweetly, they bring an element of classic romance to this beautifully directed modern-day fairytale. The chemistry between Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond is fantastic, you can feel it coming through the screen. This was actually an excellent adaption of Sabrina. This adaption did not in anyway attempt to replace the "original" movie but presented the material from a fresh and new vantage of the story. These qualities are sadly very rare in today's films! Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

SnoopyStyle Sabrina Fairchild (Julia Ormond) grew up as the mousy daughter of the chauffeur (John Wood) of the wealthy Larrabee family on the north shore of Long Island. It was a grand estate and she would spy on their grand parties from a tree. Maude Larrabee (Nancy Marchand) inherited the Larrabee Corporation from her dead husband. Cold-hearted Linus Larrabee (Harrison Ford) took the company to even greater heights. David (Greg Kinnear) is the playboy son who Sabrina is completely infatuated with. She goes off to Paris to work on Vogue as a lowly assistant. She slowly moves away from her David infatuation to a love affair with a photographer. Meanwhile David is falling for Elizabeth Tyson (Lauren Holly) whose family business Linus wants to merge with. Elizabeth wants to marry David but he is reluctant to let go of his playboy lifestyle. Sabrina comes home and David doesn't recognize her at first. David becomes infatuated threatening to derail the marriage plans and Linus' big business deal.The movie is asking too much of Julia Ormond. She looks too old to play a teenager. She is also too young to play the love interest for Harrison Ford. Their chemistry is way too cold. That is the biggest missing element. Greg Kinnear actually has better chemistry. They could have worked together in a romance. Harrison Ford is not good in this role. In fact, I have difficulty pointing to any good romantic leading roles for him that actually worked without an action thriller. However, the movie has the solid foundations of the '54 film. That much is there. It has some great scenes. It seems to always work when Julia Ormond gets emotionally walloped. She's possibly the best part of the movie. Ford just doesn't have that extra gear to be the sensitive romantic lead when the movie calls for it.