Sunday, April 29, 2007

Miss Potter (a review)


MISS POTTER

Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor,Emily Watson

Lovely. Cute. And the farm with a small dwelling house (where half of the scenes were shot) is a perfect place for someone who wants to get away from the noisy city life.

The film is about Beatrix Potter, who would rather stay single than be married to someone she does not love (this idea is also backed by her bestfriend Millie Warne portrayed by Watson. You should listen to her narrate the only 2 good things men can do and the so many hideous things they can make to the lives of their wives...). But Norman Warne (played by McGregor), the publisher of her first book, is just too good-looking to be consistent. And just as when she has become so head-over-heels in love with the guy, he dies.

So back to being single. But Potter, no matter how much her mom insisted that every woman should marry and she was not an exception, was already happy being with her friends—the animal characters of her children’s books. See, it all boils down to one thing—happiness.

But the story has quite a happy ending for Miss Potter.

No. This real story does not hit home.

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