I watched this film because I like westerns and I love Audrey Hepburn. She, however, is simply not right for this role, and detracts from an otherwise intriguing story. Audrey Hepburn plays a potentially half-white half American Indian girl living on a ranch with her adopted family. Audrey offers terrific sentiment, her trademark charm, and an emotionally powerful performance but I had trouble believing the character she was playing. She is simply too dignified to be a ranch girl and believing she could possibly be half-Indian requires a real leap of faith. The story is, however, surprisingly bold, and realistically grim. If you love Audrey, like westerns and or race and morality stories see this film. Otherwise, spend your time seeing either a better western or a film where Audrey Hepburn is more realistically caste.
Review of The Unforgiven
