SJ Reviews" 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'..nice comedy set in 30s..

[SouthernJet]

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day:

I always make sure I go to a Frances McDormand flick so I made sure I went to this before it left the area. Throw in Ciaran Hinds, one of my favorite character actors along with Amy Adams and we have a neat cast.

This is basic feel good romantic comedy set in pre WWII London. An American wannabe starlet is basically tramping around for the fancy life. Enter her life a yeasterday on the soup line Frances McDormand who was just fired , again, as a Nanny. She tricks her way to being employed by Adams and we are off to races.

The ever so unlucky McDormand has the day of her life as Adams gentleman friends jockey to be 'the one'. The film has a mini film noir feel to it and the 1939ish London is always a cool thing on the screen.

In the end, its a happy romantic comedy tha twill sure to please those who enjoy that genre.

3's

[joewilly]

thanks sj. perhaps this flick will wash the bitter taste atonement left in my mouth for 1940ish london era flicks

[SouthernJet]

thanks sj. perhaps this flick will wash the bitter taste atonement left in my mouth for 1940ish london era flicks

get by 1st 15 minutes and you are set,,i was zoning out for asecond thinking english madcap comedy, but it settled down to be a nice paced flick...hang in there...

[joewilly]

get by 1st 15 minutes and you are set,,i was zoning out for asecond thinking english madcap comedy, but it settled down to be a nice paced flick...hang in there...

I have a lot of patience for movies. I can sit thru most anything in hopes of it gettin better.

watched around the universe a short while back with my son who is a movieholic and he cried uncle 1st & finally walked away from that garbage movie. I woulda kept watching if he did but nonbeatles singing beatle songs thru a pointless movie goin nowhere really sucked.

[SouthernJet]

I have a lot of patience for movies. I can sit thru most anything in hopes of it gettin better.

watched around the universe a short while back with my son who is a movieholic and he cried uncle 1st & finally walked away from that garbage movie. I woulda kept watching if he did but nonbeatles singing beatle songs thru a pointless movie goin nowhere really sucked.

haha,,me too,,i am just saying, in that 1st 10 minutes or so , dont get bummed, cause it does pick up

[joewilly]

haha,,me too,,i am just saying, in that 1st 10 minutes or so , dont get bummed, cause it does pick up

i remember watching oceans13 in bahston this summer with my son & the trailer for 'universe' looked awesome. boy were we wrong. did you see it?

[SouthernJet]

i remember watching oceans13 in bahston this summer with my son & the trailer for 'universe' looked awesome. boy were we wrong. did you see it?

no, missed it before it left raleigh,,

will see on TV real soon,,i see its making rounds now

[joewilly]

no, missed it before it left raleigh,,

will see on TV real soon,,i see its making rounds now

20 vbucks says you can't sit thru the whole thing. i'm the most tolerant movie viewer I know &I didn't make it. it goes back to our era as well & still sucked I thought

[SouthernJet]

20 vbucks says you can't sit thru the whole thing. i'm the most tolerant movie viewer I know &I didn't make it. it goes back to our era as well & still sucked I thought

ya, thats why i passed when here originally,,every weekend 2 movies that were much more favorably reviewed were available,, then it was gone..