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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:79
Rotten:41
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: A charming biopic with that maintains its sweetness even in sadder moments.
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... [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor, Lloyd Owen
Director: Chris Noonan
The movie is redeemed by excellent performances. McGregor, in particular, lights up the film, and in her scenes with him, when she is not forced to interact with watercolor rabbits, Zellweger seems to wake up from a long, cranky nap.
Top CriticZellweger's playfulness works well opposite the winning McGregor, and I suppose for some people, she's the first person you'd call when you need a plucky heroine.
As with any good story, there are ups and downs and some rather dramatic emotional shifts in Miss Potter that don’t always hew to one’s wants or expectations. But it’s ever a gentle and rewarding ride, safely guided throughout.
The movie pulls off a neat trick, using animation to show how, when Potter is alone with her animal creations, they leap around on the page or wink at her with unapologetic cheekiness. They're alive, and they're in charge.
The charm of this picture is the way it captures the world of manners of turn-of-20th century London with captivating performances by Zellweger and McGregor.
A lush and perfectly produced period piece that, if not increasing our pulse rate, at least provides viewing the whole family will enjoy.
Miss Potter is not a motion picture for cynics. If you walk into this film expecting the grit of reality or a complex portrait of literary artistry at work, it's your own damn fault.
The innoncence and idealism inherent here is so apparent that it feels Scrooge-like to think any less of it for not daring to climb to higher cinematically artistic aspirations.
Missing that childlike love for nature and animals that Beatrix must have had, and in turn, forgets what it's like to have an imagination.
Beatrix Potter led an unusual life and left a diverse legacy, but...a weird concentration on latent lesbianism is misplaced and distracts from the central story.
Blackness may have lurked within the Potter heart, but you’d never know it from Miss Potter, which shifts the burden of ill humor onto the authoress’s petit-bourgeois mother.
Charming and whimsical, it offers a glimpse into the life of a literary icon.
A delightful and enchanting biopicture about the famous children's book writer and illustrator whose love of the English Lake District made for a dramatic legacy.
Makes you glad you live when you do.
Zellweger's face has utterly frozen into a human version of a scrunchie, and appears as if it will shatter into 1,000 pieces if an honest smile were to break out.
Starts badly and ends badly, but a good, solid hour in the middle is as charming as anything you'll see this holiday season.
Unfortunately, much of the pic suggests a quality family film that could have been directed by dozens of other pros.
Top CriticThis innocuously sweet fable, Chris Noonan's first feature since Babe, is neither illuminating as a biopicture of author Beatrix Potter nor enchanting as a fairytale in the manner of Finding Neverland, but it's perfectly watchable.
Tepid biopic of children's book author Beatrix Potter.
Top CriticA straight-laced fairy tale-style biopic appropriate to the audience for which its message of inspiration is finely attuned.
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