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In this modern day romantic tale, Penelope is about a young girl's inspiring journey, a mysterious family secret and the power of love. With all odds against her, in order for Penelope to break the family curse, she must find true love with "one of her own kind" and realize the most important life lesson, "I like myself the way I am." Penelope Wilhern, born to wealthy socialites, is afflicted by the Wilhern spell that can only be broken when she finds love. Hidden away in her family's estate, the lonely girl meets a string of suitors in her parent's futile attempt to break the curse. Each eligible bachelor is enamored with Penelope and her sizable dowry; until her curse is revealed. Lemon, a mischievous and eager tabloid reporter wants a photograph of the mysterious Penelope and hires Max to pose as a prospective suitor to get the shot. The handsome down-on-his luck gambler finds himself falling for Penelope, but not wanting to disappoint her or to expose his surreptitious ways, he decides to disappear. Fed up by his latest betrayal and determined to live life on her own terms, Penelope breaks free from her family and ventures into the world alone. She finds adventure and Annie, her first friend and becomes the person she was meant to be. Written by Summit Entertainment
Sours: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472160/plotsummary
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472160/trailers-trailer-vi749863193
My comments: Penelope is a cute movie for those who love chick flicks. All of my friends who saw it said they liked it. To be honest I'm having a hard time writing about it because I wasn't that impressed by it but I also wouldn't like to prejudice anyone against the movie. I liked it but I wouldn't watch it again for at least a year. Maybe it's just because I had been looking forward to seeing it for so long--they delayed its release by several months--and I was expecting too much. I would like to hear others' opinion on it. Please share your opinion and also don't forget to vote.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Penelope
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I really enjoyed this movie, and the acting was great--my problem was with the story. The whole magic thing didn't really work for me. It would have worked if there could be some alternate, scientific explanation for her disfiguration and why it was able to disappear so suddenly. They could have done that maybe with a really horrible case of excema or something, I don't know. But the scene where Penelope's snout just disappears and it's supposed to be magical and everything just fell flat. Normally I don't have a problem with fantasy, so that's not my problem; it's just the way the fantasy played out in this story. Anyway, I really like Christina Ricci and James McAvoy, too, and in all other respects the movie is terrific (the mother is classic), so I highly recommend this one to everybody.
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