Monday, October 27, 2008

Movie Review-- Penelope


Penelope

Genre: Family/Comedy/?

Summary: A modern fairy tale of a curse leaving a girl with the nose of a pig searching for love to break the curse.

My grade: %94

Pros:
  • Though hard to define, the style of the movie was a good blend of serious and funny, real and fantasy, old and new
  • Tough incomlpete, still a good message of beauty being on the inside
  • Excellent performance by James McAvoy
  • Some truly good humor
Cons:

  • Frantic mother, reminiscent of Mrs. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
  • A frightful introduction that lightheartedly mentions two instances of marital infiedilty and one suicide.

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