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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

2008

Bharat Nalluri

Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson ...

5.8

2,563

Comedy. Drama. Romance In the 1939-set romantic tale, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand), a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Academy Award nominee Amy Adams). Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"It's a slight film but a lot of fun, with attractive performances"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Winifred Watson's 1938 novel 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' may be small potatoes (...) but it still provides enough charm and feeling to sustain a film version 70 years later."	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] sustains itself through terrific forward momentum and two glorious star turns by gifted actresses Frances McDormand and Amy Adams."	POS
United States	Colin Covert Chicago Tribune	"They say comedy is all about timing. High praise goes to director Bharat Nalluri, who must have clocked the action with a split-second stopwatch"	POS
United States	Ruthe Stein SFGATE	"A swell adaptation of Winifred Watson's 1938 novel, which was risque for its time but just right for ours. Frothy and exuberantly entertaining - in part because of the sexual innuendoes - it's the best romantic comedy so far this year [march]."	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The female rivalries never descend to tooth and claw, and the malice is confined to sidelong remarks. No one is entirely dislikable"	POS

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