Recent Reviews for Penelope
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MCT:November 19, 2008Loved the fairy tale movie:) I knew this movie looked like "Ella Enchanted"by Anne Hathaway. I'm so glad you broke the spell on your own Christina Ricci
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MCT:November 18, 2008
cute and funny film, love james mc avoy, and christina ricci works the piggy nose, shes so cute she makes it look good !
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MCT:November 13, 2008this was such a cute cute story. it is very entertaining and should be watched by the whole family. the storyline is christina ricci PENELOPE is born with a cursed that had been pasted on her family for the past 150 yrs. since she was the only baby girl born from the family, it made her face look a bit different. but what she does not realize is that the idea that will break the curse is not what she thinks it is. but once the curse is problems other problems come out also. it is very well written. i highly recommended this movie.
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MCT:November 7, 2008
this is a really cute movie, a family movie, it shows the value of selfbelives the ones that we dont' really see to much about, it shows the inside of people as being beauty and not the outside as for most people in todays community,
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MCT:November 6, 2008It has a good story, but it is completely overrated. The acting was slightly annoying at the end. Although I do love James McCavoy!
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MCT:November 1, 2008This was a very nice try, and had it been handled skillfully could have been a very sweet modern fairy tale. But poor characterization and awkward story transitions left the story feeling lopsided. Catherine O'Hara was the highlight of all the actors, playing the obsessive mother with just the right mix of comedy and tragedy. (Reminds me ever so slightly of her work in For Your Consideration.) Christina Ricci, Reese Witherspoon, and James McAvoy? Some very good actors wasted on this movie.
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MCT:October 28, 2008This movie was not what I expected it to be, considering the fact that I had not seen any previews for it and did not know that there was such a movie out on DVD. So, I grabbed it, as it did looking enticing with Christina Ricci and a scarf covering the lower half of her face, btw,Christina Ricci, I admire her as an actress. Overall, I thought this movie portrayed an inspiring universal message in the perspective of a young woman on the journey of her life (which is btw her entire life...literally) to achieve self-realization. The only thinking less of her is herself and by overcoming that she will be granted a blessing when all along she should have realized that the curse she was under was the blessing.
I really enjoyed this movie, I love actually, it was a sincere, romantic, and inspiring (if you think about the actual plot and message of the movie that is). -
MCT:October 20, 2008An embittered witch placed a curse on the Wilhern family would be the next girl being born into the clan having the face of a pig. Penelope "Penny" Wilhern (Christina Ricci) was born with stricken with the curse with the clan of a porcine snout & ears can only be lifted if one of her own to learn to love her is interpreted by her parents Jessica (Catherine O'Hara) & Franklin (Richard E. Grant). Penny is searching for her true love to break the curse or on her own to break the curse by magical energy.
Penelope 's parents attempt to introduce her to possible rich suitors to hope to that one of them will fall in love with her to break the curse. Every man lays eyes on the girl takes flight at first sight never return including Edward Humphrey Vanderman III (Simon Woods).
Vanderman Family teams up with Lemon (Peter Dinklage) & the team goes out to find someone who can get into the house for a picture when they are mistakenly take Johnny Martin (James McAvoy) for Max Champion (Nick Frost). Penelope moves on with her life to become a horticulturist & teacher.
Penelope wears a porcine mask to meet Johnny at a costume party is unaware of her transformation to apologize for not being able to break her curse. Johnny is still in love with her after removing her mask to reveal that she had the power to break the curse all along, Penelope & Johnny begin a romance. Johnny is pushing Penelope on a swing after teaching a horticultural class. -
MCT:October 18, 2008
i loved the filmography in this and also all the famous faces that i didn't expect to see like burn gorman, russell brand and nick frost!! :D definitely exceeded my expectations. as always, i'm a great fan of christina ricci.
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MCT:October 12, 2008christina ricci is pretty no matter what!! I LOVED this movie, really enjoyed watching it. I LOVE fairy tale type of movies!
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MCT:October 11, 2008
This movie made me smile. Christina Ricci and James McAvoy are awesome, and put together... they're even better.
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MCT:October 11, 2008
I LOVE this movie. James McAvoy is amazing and Christina Ricci is great. I LOVE IT!!! I got my mom to watch it, and she liked it too!!! WOOT!!!
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MCT:October 10, 2008
i did an audition 4 this film as the young her lol my life wud have changed soooo much if i got the part
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MCT:October 9, 2008
Better than I expected; very sweet. Lots of famous faces (wasn't expecting Burn or Lenny Henry). Nice to see Simon Woods again!!!
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MCT:October 7, 2008
a really really sweet movie and very fairy tale like. Totally unbelievable but awesome anyhow. the filming/cinematography was really stunning and creepy. James mcavoy and christina ricci were really good.
not to mention awesome appearences by BURN GORMAN, nick frost and russell brand. :) -
MCT:October 6, 2008
it was good but the only reason i got it was to see the sneek peek for Twilight... hehe. it was still good tho since it had James McAvoy...
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MCT:October 4, 2008
"The way you love yourself is your charm"
xoxo , Channelia .Channelia's words
We all agree that is hard-life to be an ugly people , especially for they who were born with 'animal's' face .
Penelope served that theme with modern touch fairytale with fun , fresh and delicate setting and cinematography , what made this movie not cliche and boring as i thought .
Maybe some people said that it was an Enchanted rip-off . Yes , is some points Penelope showed that it wanted to be an Enchanted . But , Penelope is a smart innocent girl not a dumb cliche Giselle .
Penelope served us colorful setting ,in playful artistic ways with modern-touch with the fairytale cinematography , with pop-rock score which made Penelope as a modern-creation and don't forget about cute pig-nose and less-showed pig ears .
Penelope gave us sweet casts .
sweet-boyish James Mcavoy as the loser-gambler 'Max Champion' . Goth couture princess Christina Ricci as the innocent pig-faced Penelope Wilhern . Played as cute as usual , they are fantasy-specialists . Then , there is Catherine O' Hara as Jessica Wilhern which played always as hideous as always and very small role for Reese Witherspoon as the punk-rocker-bar-girl Annie , looked so boring and forgettable , even she had played really nice in Walk the line , she didn't do 'Annie' seriously .
Then , the comedic Burn Gorman did that cliche-ly and at last , Peter Dinklage as the abnormally short Lemon as the completion of abnormally short people a.k.a. dwarf in fairytale story .
Beside that pluses sides . Penelope showed us some hideous comedic scenes , which are really cliche . Check out these scenes :
1. When Jessica Wilhern was imagining Penelope walked in outside world .
2. When the guys were running away when they saw Penelope's face .
At the end , Penelope
is a fun-to-watch movie , with comedic-fresh-modern fairytale touch that girls will love .
"I like myself the way i am"
-Penelope Wilhern-
by Christina Rici -
MCT:October 4, 2008
it's one of the sweetest movies i've ever seen! + it has a great message and all actors were awesome! everyone should see it :)
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MCT:October 3, 2008
I thought it was pretty cute. I wish there had been more of Reese in it though, her character was unique and she played her well.
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MCT:October 2, 2008
I think the movie didn't really deliever the message to the target audience in this one. Just my opinion.
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MCT:September 29, 2008
Penelope's big realization came off rather pat and abrupt given the layered social satire. Otherwise it was an enjoyable fairy tale with vivid characters and a fun feast for the eyes with a set design mix of classic, modern and fantasy. I hooted to see the Seattle skyline when Penelope steps out into the world.
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MCT:September 28, 2008
FINALLY !
The story was sweet and it was artistic and the cinematography was eery. the actors were great and i especially loved the tiny journalist and the mom's chracters.
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MCT:September 27, 2008
A cute little fairy tale movie, good enough to watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon with a hot chocolate!
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MCT:September 26, 2008
this was actually a lot better than i thought it would be, it wasn't my first choice but i did really enjoy the film
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MCT:September 26, 2008
a lovely modern take on the traditional fantasy/love story.christina ricci and james mcavoy are wonderful as the main characters and are supported by a fantastic supporting cast.predictable but very enjoyable.
