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Movie Overview
Cast
• Frances McDormand
• Amy Adams
• Lee Pace
Director
• Bharat Nalluri
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for some partial nudity and innuendo
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh
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3/5
"frequently overreaches"  Filmcritic.com  Bill Gibron

B+
"Amy Adams is strawberry bubble gum and doesn't just chase after the performance, she boards it like a rocket and blasts off. It's equal parts adorability, cunning allure, and million-dollar charm."  OhmyNews.com  Brian Orndorf

B+
"Frances McDormand executive produced this deft and sophisticated screwball comedy that's more than just a perfect movie for grandmothers."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

"That it ends up reinforcing the fictions instead of reframing or rethinking them is the movie's greatest disappointment, and even so, it seems trivial."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

3/4
"...the pronounced emphasis on the amorous escapades of both Miss Pettigrew and Delysia slowly but surely breathes some much needed life into an otherwise stale affair."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

2/4
"Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is terminally pleasant. Granted, pleasant isn't a bad thing, but the film calls for a looser, more wild side that never quite comes."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

B+
"As light and pleasant as a summer breeze and almost as weightless."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B
"It's not the cinema of the century, but it's delicious and it melts in your mouth."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

B
"Really nothing more than a bright, sugary confection, but one that goes down easily."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/5
"An effervescent romantic comedy that sparkles and delights."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/4
"Miss Pettigrew is a feel-good production that strives and succeeds to put smiles on the faces of its viewers."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day may be a fairly small-scale comedy, but it delivers tremendous satisfaction, and that's a victory in and of itself ..."  Cinematical  James Rocchi

3/4
"What a difference a day makes in this cheeky comedy of manners."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

2/4
"Brisk, peppy, light on its feet, and trying awfully hard to be reminiscent of a fast-talking Depression-era rags-to-riches comedy, the film can be best described as inoffensive."  Slant Magazine  Jeremiah Kipp

2/5
"Adiafori komenti kostoymion, gia tin alitheia kai tin alithino-tita tis agapis sta hronia tis haotikis apostasis tis mpoyrzoyazias kai tis kallitehnikis ergatias."  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

4.5/5
"The story is so satisfying, the spectacle so enjoyable and the dialogue so delectable, I can't wait to see it again. Love it!"  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

2/5
"The film substitutes speed for camaraderie and cleverness."  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

C+
"...a lighter than air concoction that plays like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes crossed with Pocketful of Miracles. This broad farce is an enjoyable meringue of a movie albeit one of little staying power."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3.5/5
"Director Bharat Nalluri keeps the misunderstandings and ruses of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day going at a quick tempo."  UR Chicago Magazine  Mark Dujsik

B-
"Shot in widescreen, all the better to appreciate the swanky art deco sets, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day can feel static...but the wonderful lead actresses provide the momentum that the composition and editing fail to provide."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

6/10
"Somehow the characters never manage to make it all the way to likable. This film works as a quick throwaway comedy, only 90 minutes long, but is likely to be quickly forgotten."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

"Modern movies seem to feel that women should pay for their independence by suffering and fretting over it, but there's not a whiff of that depressing and unfair attitude here, which is... delightfully refreshing."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3.5/5
"Plays like a breeze and ends before we know it. In the current state of cinema, all we can hope for is one like this per year."  Film Threat  Matthew Sorrento

B+
"It may be traditional, but it is not the slightest bit musty."  Beliefnet  Nell Minow

3/5
"It does have its charms and while I can't entirely recommend it, I am not exactly sorry that I saw it."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

3.5/5
"There's not a lot to it really--no deep underlying message other than an exploration of women's roles in society at the time."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

B
"The spectre of impending war hangs heavily in the background of this romantic comedy, giving it a bit more heft."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

3/4
"A triumphant lark."  Charlotte Weekly  Sean O'Connell

"Miss Pettigrew is one of those rare cases where a filmmaker's good intentions, and the enthusiasm of his actors, are enough to fill in the cracks."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

7/10
"It's wonderfulness on a rampage."  SSG Syndicate  Susan Granger

7/10
"It's a little obvious that director Bharat Nalluri hasn't really worked in farce before."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh
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