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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Widescreen & Full Screen Edition) by Bharat Nalluri
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DVD detailsActor: Amy Adams, Frances McDormand, Lee Pace, Shirley Henderson, Tim Potter Director: Bharat Nalluri Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA) Cinematographer: John DeBorman Composer: Paul Englishby Conductor: Paul Englishby Editor: Barney Pilling DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 92 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-08-19 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Widescreen & Full Screen Edition)DVD Review: Superior Movie, Superior Service Summary: 5 StarsAmazon and it's partner vendors continue to exceed expectations in good price, fast ship, excellent quality whether new or used. Thank you.
The movie itself is superior story, acting, direction, photography. One of the best I have seen in years.
DVD Review: just like the oldies Summary: 5 StarsIf you like the love story comedies of the 1930s and 40s, then Mrs. Pettigrew is for you. Great performances by the principals and supporting players transports one back to 1939 London. A wonderful silly diversion.
DVD Review: Tedious Summary: 2 StarsThe movie opens in London in 1938, as an out-of-work nanny (Frances McDormand) finagles her way into a job interview as social secretary to a would-be actress (Amy Adams), and spends the next 24 hours caught up in her world of show biz glamour and chaotic romances.
This movie tries to recreate the madcap, screwball comedies of the thirties that starred the likes of Carole Lombard, Irene Dunne, and Claudette Colbert, but fails miserably. Amy Adams, as the harebrained young actress, overacts horribly and is neither likeable nor sympathetic, still looking like the gauche hayseed she played in Junebug. Frances McDormand is very good as the down-trodden title character, but the script is corny with a ridiculous fairy tale-ending, and dashing Ciaran Hinds is wasted as her lingerie-designer Prince Charming. Shirley Henderson tries to be a villain but with her Moaning Myrle voice, she can't pull it off.
The movie never captures the feel of the thirties and would have been better filmed in black and white and with a more subtle actress like Emily Watson instead of Miss Adams. Not recommended.
DVD Review: very entertaining, great to watch with Mom Summary: 5 StarsI love the time period, the acting was great, story entertaining, romantic, can't wait for Mom to visit so we can watch it together. Some adult story, but no worse than the average sit com,
DVD Review: Utterly Wonderful Summary: 5 StarsGreat writing, great direction, great acting.
However, this movie has cinematography that is out of this world. Scenes are shot in extremely created ways. Several times as my wife, the beautiful AP and I were watching the movie I went: "Oh, my God, what a beautiful image."
I really enjoyed the interplay between Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. Just terrifc. Applause to everyone who had a hand in this movie.
Description of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Widescreen & Full Screen Edition)Academy Award? nominee Amy Adams (Enchanted) and Academy Award? winner Frances McDormand star in this charming comedy about finding a new life and a new love, all in one day. When Miss Pettigrew (McDormand) stumbles upon the chance to become the new "social secretary" to glamorous high-society singer and actress Delysia Lafosse (Adams), she seizes the opportunity despite being totally out of her element. Swept up into the glamorous whirl of high society, it's all Miss Pettigrew can do to keep up with Delysia as she juggles her lovelife and career in this "delightful champagne cocktail of a comedy!" (Leah Rozen, People). Based on a 1938 Winifred Watson novel, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a colorful story about lives stalled in middle age but kick-started again by the follies of youthful lovers all around. Frances McDormand stars as Miss Pettigrew, whose inability to hold a job in London as a governess compromises her well-being shortly before England's entry in World War II. Finessing her way into a position as social secretary to a young, American golddigger and singer named Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams), the starving Miss Pettigrew finds herself at the center of a whirlwind that is her new employer's life. Hemmed in by lovers and suitors--including a young, theatrical producer (Tom Payne) looking to cast one of his pleasing girlfriends in a plum role; a creepy nightclub owner (Mark Strong) in whose flat Delysia lives; and a pianist (Lee Pace) who genuinely loves her--Delysia needs a map to figure out how to navigate through life. Miss Pettigrew, who suffered a loss during WWI that she does not speak of, nudges the na?ve songstress toward wise decisions. But she is at the mercy of Delysia's formidable friend (Shirley Henderson), who knows the truth about her impoverished state and is engaged to a much older man (Ciar?n Hinds). The latter, a fellow of substance who seems to be meandering through life, falls instantly for the soulful Miss Pettigrew. Full of Art Deco trappings and paced with a vintage, screwball comedy energy, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is like watching a contemporary version of a Hollywood classic. --Tom Keogh
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