Miss Potter PG
The life of Beatrix Potter is the most enchanting tale of all.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 19, 2007
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Weinstein
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Renée Zellweger | |
Performer: | Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor & Lloyd Owen | |
Directed by | Chris Noonan | |
Edited by | Robin Sales | |
Written by | Richard Maltby Jr. | |
Composition by | Nigel Westlake | |
Produced by | Mike Medavoy, David Thwaites, Arnold Messer & Corey Sienega | |
Executive Production by | Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Nigel Wooll & Colin Vaines |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/5 --
If the source material is soft, the film then takes another punch with the casting of Renée Zellweger in the title role. She overflows with tics and twitches that make the author seem vaguely deranged.
Arizona Republic
3 stars out of 5 -- [A] touching biopic....It offers some interesting insights into Beatrix Potter the woman as well as the writer.
Ultimate DVD
MISS POTTER is an unabashed Victorian charmer so old-fashioned and earnest that it could have been written by Miss Beatrix herself.
Box Office
Rating: 9/10 --
A Beatrix Potter biopic: So much more than just cute and fuzzy bunnies.
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ReelzChannel.com
Rating: 3/6 --
Unbearably, the script accommodates a quaking courtship between the slightly dotty Potter and her devoted young publisher, ho exchange romantic byplay such as, "You and rabbits -- extraordinary!" and "I recently remembered a story...about a duck!"
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Time Out
As you watch, you're carried along by Zellweger's dotty eccentric glow... -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 5/5 --
With Miss Potter, Renee Zellweger has won back that precious thing that stardom rips away and the tabloids won't let you reclaim: her charm.
Orlando Sentinel
Product Description:
Academy-Award winning actress Renee Zellweger (COLD MOUNTAIN) stars as the best-selling children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter in the biopic MISS POTTER. Set in Victorian England, the film follows Potter's life, from a little girl with a wild imagination and a fascination for woodland animals to an independent young woman in pursuit of a career in illustration and storytelling, despite the urging of her domineering mother to follow in her footsteps in high society. After struggling to find a publisher who would take her ideas and talent seriously, Miss Potter finally landed a chance with Frederick Warne & Company. While she worked diligently with her publisher--the youngest of the Warne brothers, Norman (Ewan McGregor)--on her debut book, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, the two fell in love and became secretly engaged. They continued to work together on the follow-up books, which would make her one of the most beloved and bestselling authors of all time.
Zellweger lights up the screen with her portrayal as Potter, revealing that the woman who hid behind the children's books led a fascinating and sometimes dramatic life. The film celebrates Potter's creativity and innovation, illustrating how she was a woman ahead of her time who--despite her high social standing--still took pleasure in the simple things in life. Zellweger and McGregor (MOULIN ROUGE) have tremendous on-screen chemistry, and Emily Watson (BREAKING THE WAVES), who plays Norman's sister Millie, contributes a fantastic supporting-role performance.
Zellweger lights up the screen with her portrayal as Potter, revealing that the woman who hid behind the children's books led a fascinating and sometimes dramatic life. The film celebrates Potter's creativity and innovation, illustrating how she was a woman ahead of her time who--despite her high social standing--still took pleasure in the simple things in life. Zellweger and McGregor (MOULIN ROUGE) have tremendous on-screen chemistry, and Emily Watson (BREAKING THE WAVES), who plays Norman's sister Millie, contributes a fantastic supporting-role performance.
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