#MOVIE MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY MOVIE#

The impending gloom of World War II is kept in the background, the odd air raid siren, a flight of RAF bombers, but it's arrival and the not long forgotten Great War do play a limited part in the more 'dramatic' moments. Production wise, the set design and an elegantly realised late 1930's London with its classy street shots, all vintage vehicles and architecture, are impressive considering the less than mega-millions budget, but London can be kind that way. The anti-sparkle to the Adams' candy-floss. Pace actually seems oddly, but enjoyably out of place, not just because of his own variable British accent, but because for most of the film he seems to be channeling his inner Clive Owen, all moody and slightly tarnished. The rest of the male cast, and Delysia's juggling act, do what's expected with fairly limited roles Mark Strong as Delysia's keeper and owner of the nightclub she performs at, Tom Payne as the foppish twit theatrical producer and the American Lee Pace as Michael the poor piano player who of course truly loves our younger heroine. Ruth Henderson as one of the spanners in the works is amusingly slinky, disdainful of almost everything except what's best for herself, an engagement to the ladies underwear designer and object of Miss Pettigrew's unannounced affection, Joe (a typically assured Ciaran Hinds). In fact I half expected a plot reveal in which we discover she's actually from Pittsburgh. Frances McDormand is never less than sympathetic and manages to creates quite an honourable centre out of Miss Pettigrew, even if her English accent does go up and down like the tempo. Amy Adams breezes through her role, taking Enchanted's Princess and mixing her with a chestnut haired Marilyn. Wodehouse with sauce (although without his genius for sophisticated plotting), and the cast knowingly play it as such. It's a classic farce, seeming to aim for P. The frivolity is shallow, the relationships mercenary, but then of course not everything is what it seems. In this position during the day in question she witnesses Delysia's confused partner swapping and her attempts to garner fame on the stage via a turn as a nightclub singer and an eye-opening look at a level of society and interaction that she finds attractive and somewhat morally bankrupt in equal measure. Miss Pettigrew ( Frances McDormand), a penniless and seemingly ineffectual governess, finds herself though chance and subterfuge in the employ of Delysia LaFosse ( Amy Adams), a young American musical and social gadfly in eve of World War II London. I don't think it's meant for children and I'd definitely recommend parental discretion as suggested by the rating.Cinderella, My Fair Lady to Pretty Woman and in this incarnation we aren't taken into much new territory, even down to the obligatory transformation scene, but here we are given a middle-aged twist. Let's have more of this! (Oops, I guess you might have figured me for a guy by my review name, papacorn, but I'm solidly female.) I was truly entertained and even enjoyed the music which is of a type I never particularly liked before. His quiet reserve as Joe, ruggedly handsome,worldly wise, and debonair, is rarely seen in male roles. I want to give special notice to Ciaran HInds as Joe Blumfield. Amy Adams and Frances McDormand created a complex relationship and I quickly felt empathy with their characters. It offered up a plush background that quickly brought this viewer in to share the experience with the actors. In a refreshing turn of fate, this was an exception. Compare the feeling to being a fish who gets caught on the hook, is reeled in,and quickly finds out the worm wasn't worth the misery of being captured.

#MOVIE MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY MOVIE#

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