Watching this horrifically twee film is like having your face pushed into a bowl of pot-pourri for 90 minutes in a two-star B&B somewhere in Cumbria.
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01/06/07
Miss Potter (2006)
65 %
Reviews Counted: 118 Fresh: 77 Rotten:41 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Consensus:
A charming biopic with that maintains its sweetness even in sadder moments.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Theatrical Release: 05-01-2007
Synopsis: Beatrix Potter has delighted generations of children with her books. But she kept her own private life locked carefully away. Oscar-winning star Renee Zellweger is now bringing her secret story to the screen in "Miss Potter," the first film directed by Chris Noonan since his charming 1995... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor, Lloyd Owen
Director: Chris Noonan
Producer: Mike Medavoy, David Thwaites, Arnold Messer, Corey Sienega
Composer: Nigel Westlake
Producer: Mike Medavoy, David Thwaites, Arnold Messer, Corey Sienega
Composer: Nigel Westlake
Reviews
Top Critic
This is an odd film in many ways, but the romantic scenes work brilliantly, thanks to McGregor's genuinely charming performance.
01/04/07
Its old-fashioned sincerity ultimately proves disarming. Sweet but not cloying, it’s a heartening portrait of goodness surmounting the odds.
01/04/07
Top Critic
Pitched awkwardly -- neither for children nor cool young adults -- it’s very sweet, very nice and just the thing for a girlie matinée with mum and nan.
01/02/07
Top Critic
The film is a guaranteed tearjerker, but more than that, an uplifting tribute to a single woman's quest for independence that would surely make Bridget Jones blush.
12/30/06
Top Critic
It's worthy and beautifully produced, but it feels like a fantasy rather than the truth.
12/18/06
While it cannot sustain the fairytale enchantment of something like Finding Neverland, Miss Potter is, nonetheless, a worthy and sweet, middle-of-the-road biopic.
02/28/08
There's nothing inherently wrong with MISS POTTER. It's just a throwback to the biopics of the 1930s and 40s and in some ways it may seem progressive to contemporary audiences.
07/14/07
Much like star Renée Zellweger's portrayal of its famous title character, Miss Potter is a strange, split-personality kind of thing.
06/25/07
Portraying a real-life hero can be a tough assignment. But Zellweger breezes through the role, flashing her puckish grin, talking in her soft, breathy voice and giving very human face to one of the most beloved figures of English letters.
06/01/07
For fans of Potter's work, "Miss Potter" is indispensable. But even viewers with the haziest memories of those unique little books will enjoy spending 90 minutes inside her idyllic world.
05/25/07
Director Chris Noonan ('Babe') gives us a story with the right balance of humor, pathos and romance.
05/06/07
Deftly navigating the line between the sublime and the saccharine ...
04/20/07
A film of no little charm, Chris Noonan's Miss Potter never quite gets out of 'Biopic Basic' mode despite occasional murmurings of a desire to be something more.
04/11/07
Something of a muddle....The level of social criticism and psychological portraiture shifts from Howard's End to Mary Poppins.
03/21/07
Top Critic
Miss Potter is not a bad film, but it is a more tepid treatment than the facts of her life would seem to call for. Beatrix Potter deserves better.
03/17/07
It's buttoned-up to a fault, as proper as clotted cream, and at times as exciting.
03/16/07
[Zellwegger's and McGregor's] performances bring great joy to this picture, which is slight but satisfying, like a favorite children's book revisited as an adult.
03/16/07
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