Penelope (2007) - Starring: Christina Ricci • James McAvoy • with Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon and Peter Dinklage.Christina Ricci stars as Penelope, a lonely heiress who has spent her entire life trying to break a strange family curse that left her with the nose of a pig. When she meets a charming aristocrat, James McAvoy, who seems to see beyond her physical appearance, Penelope begins to learn that loving herself is more important than breaking the curse.
Enjoyable from start to finish. Good moral to the story, clever wit, interesting characters, the list goes on and on. Not to mention that even a prosthetic pig nose can distract you from Christina Ricci's idiosyncratic and stunning good looks *wink*. Very stylish from the set design to the costumes making the whole movie a visual feast. The casting of this film was key, every character brought to life by the actors that portrayed them giving them unique personalities. A simple storyline that is fine tuned by a well crafted screenplay. The movie has a good pace and keeps your interest at all times. Not your typical sloppy romantic comedy, this film has class and heart. Check it out! (Rated PG for thematic elements, some innuendo and language.)
Yes, that's right! I gave it four buns! Baron says I am shooting my wad on only the second movie but I don't care, this one deserved it. This movie was sweet, poinent, funny, heart warming, and sarcastic in the best way. Christina Ricci plays a girl, Penelope, who was born with a pig nose because of a curse. Even with a pig nose Christina is beautiful. She is clever and witty in the deliverance of her lines and her chemistry with James McAvoy is undeniable. James McAvoy's character, Max, falls in love with Penelope in spite of her looks. He exudes confidence and carrisma in this film. Another gem is Catherine O'Hara. In each scene she is classic Catherine, scatter-brained hilarious! Have I used enough adjectives for you? The set design is stylish and almost story book like. I thought the film was entertaining and fun but best of all we could watch it with our kids. It goes to show that Hollywood can make wonderful movies in todays day and age without all the garbage. I highly recommend checking this out. As for me I want to buy it!
3 comments:
Seven and a half hot buns!...well, we'll have to check this one out for sure. It sounds like a cute and meaningful story. Dad says it's on HBO Demand, so we can watch it this weekend for $5. Thanks for the recommendation.
I saw this with Jan and Bonnie when it was in theatres (All 6 of our buns loved it) I especially enjoyed Catherine O'Hara's performance. And I loved the buttons on Penelope's coat.
Hey, we watched Penelope yesterday and thought it was pretty good. The characters were interesting and well-portrayed. The "moral" was worthwhile, but I think it could have been handled better. I think there were some inconsistencies, confusion about the curse, plot lines that didn't quite pan out, but maybe I missed something. The mother (I guess that's Catherine O'Hara) did a great job of being a lousy mother. I liked the first half better than the second. I liked Penelope's green shoes and I'm sorry I didn't notice the buttons. I liked the boat. Laur was the first to notice, but yeah, Mr. Bingley from Pride and Prejudice!!! I'd probably give it 2-1/2 buns.
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