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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her .. Read more
| Starring | Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson |
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| Director | Bharat Nalluri |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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Theres an air of The Sound of Music to this 1930s-set tale as frumpy, penniless English governess Guinevere... read more on Time Out
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73 out of 78 people found this review helpful
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Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
This movie may not be for me, I thought as I settled into my seat at the screening of Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, and watched the cinema fill up with an ... more
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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Perfect for a quiet night in
Before watching this movie I wasn't quite sure what to expect from it. A film full of nostalgia and humour, it is definitely one for a quiet night in. A ... more
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20 out of 20 people found this review helpful
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Delightful fluff
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is not a 'must see', but is a delightful way to spend an hour and a half without an ear-splitting sound-track or dazzling... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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... and renewed my faith in film
Great script and film. After watching this I wanted to find out when it was written, by whom and was it originally a stage play (it appears not). Googling ... more
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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Perfect for a quiet night in
Before watching this movie I wasn't quite sure what to expect from it. A film full of nostalgia and humour, it is definitely one for a quiet night in. A ... more
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73 out of 78 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
This movie may not be for me, I thought as I settled into my seat at the screening of Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, and watched the cinema fill up with an ... more
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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Perfect for a quiet night in
Before watching this movie I wasn't quite sure what to expect from it. A film full of nostalgia and humour, it is definitely one for a quiet night in. A ... more
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20 out of 20 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Delightful fluff
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is not a 'must see', but is a delightful way to spend an hour and a half without an ear-splitting sound-track or dazzling... more
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
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Mills & Boon meets Noel Coward
I chose this based on a trailer I saw at the cinema. Well, credit must be given to the trailer people for conning me so expertly.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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And what day it is....
Despite her own values and street smart intellect, down at heel Miss Pettigrew seems resigned to a life of drugery, having lost a run of the mill job she rather... more
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Miss Pettigrew dies like a dog
All the elements are here in theory but it just doesn't work.
Absolutely pointless in a world in which the Jeeve s & Wooster box set with ... more -
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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If that's living, bring it on!!
There is so much to enjoy in this film, stunning sets, tasty performances and wonderful costumes. Even passing characters with hardly a line, are played by the ... more
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Oh dear, Miss Pettigrew
Very disappointing! Silly, very irritating, no substance - the characters had no depth at all,they didn't convince on any level - so I really didn't ... more
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Theres an air of The Sound of Music to this 1930s-set tale as frumpy, penniless English governess Guinevere... read more on Time Out
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