My Fair Lady

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1964 • 173 min • Comedy · Romance

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Synopsis

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Our family guide

Best from age 8

Movie Knight Score

1451 reviews

100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
75 Audience · 1448 · 47%

A linguistics professor makes a wager that he can transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady fit for high society. This classic musical explores themes of class, identity, and personal growth.

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 3/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 0/10

Heads up

Some dated attitudes towards women
Social drinking and

What it models well

Transformation and self-improvement
Breaking down class barriers
The power of education

Talk about it after

How does Eliza change throughout the story?
What does the film say about social classes?
Is Professor Higgins fair to Eliza?

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Top billed cast

Director: George Cukor • Crew: Alan Jay Lerner

Trailers & clips

The Rain in Spain

60th Anniversary Spot

Official Trailer

55th Anniversary Spot

My Fair Lady (1964) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

Restoration Example 1

Restoration Example 2

Restored Blu-ray Trailer

Reviewer notes

Recommended
A recent survey asserted that the English had the sexiest accents in the world. Perhaps not exactly the sort of recognition "Prof. Henry Higgins" (Rex Harrison) was seeking when, exasperated by the standards of his native language being spoken around London, he plucks poor "Eliza" (Audrey Hepburn") from her flower-selling and promises his equally plummy friend "Col. Pickering" (Wilfred Hyde-White) that he can trai...
Geronimo1967, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
**A film with a lot of quality, but also with some mistakes that are difficult to forgive.** This is one of those films that I heard a lot about before I actually decided to sit down and watch it. It is considered by many to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, and I can agree that it is really very good and deserves this award. However, it was not entirely to my liking, as I will have the chance to exp...
FilipeManuelNeto, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. Upper crust phonetics Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) agrees to a wager that he can make brash London speaking flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) presentable in high society. Lerner and Loewe's Broadway version of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" comes to the big screen and is an utter joy...
John Chard, TMDB Community