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Penelope [2007]

Director: Mark Palansky
Actors: Christina Ricci, James Mcavoy, Catherine O'hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 107

Format: Pal
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 86
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5060116722079
ASIN: B0013VUS70

Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: June 23, 2008
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4 out of 5 stars

Sweet fairy tale - great performances from a talented cast July 18, 2008
"Penelope" is the story of a high society girl, born with a pig's snout due to a curse. She is kept isolated by her excentric mother, who desperately tries to break the curse by finding a blue blood suitor for Penelope. This isn't easy, every man runs away after seeing Penelope's snout, until Max that is. Penelope and Max hit it off, but Max will not marry Penelope. After this rejection, Penelope breaks free into the world and goes exploring - and much follows...

"Penelope" is a sweet, little fairy tale about accepting yourself despite your pig's snout. The movie feature excellent actors and magnificant performances from all of them. The dialogue is rich and humorous. All in all, "Penelope" is the kind of movie that makes you sigh and smile and the kind of movie that will remain on my dvd-shelf for a long time and be watched again and again.

Louise

4 out of 5 stars

sweet June 18, 2008
what a nice, adorable film, i certainly enjoyed this very much. I thought the cast was great, the story was great and the motto was great!!brill film which can be enjoyed again and again!!

4 out of 5 stars

All star romantic comedy June 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a really lovely story - it's a bit of a fairy tale but is really bought to life by the all-star cast in this movie. Excellent lead-role by Chritina Ricci, and not what you'd normally expect from Reese Witherspoon either! Some sad parts, but mostly very funny and very moving - I dont want to give the story away as this one is definitely worth the watch, but there's some good little twists in here and the breaking of the curse comes in one of the most unexpected places so that once you've seen it you'll be thinking "why didnt I think of that" - very clever. I'll definitely watch again and perhaps even buy this one!

4 out of 5 stars

It a fairy tale but a lovely one May 25, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Let's face it, this is a fairy tale and if you don't like such things then you won't like this movie, but, on the other hand if you do love a good classic bedtime story where a young girl is cursed, her family is looking for the perfect prince that will save her, love is, as usual, playing games, disguised in a charming man that is not a prince, while the prince is really a pig and the pig-girl is just lovely (even with the nose she looks lovely, she is not disgusting in any part of the movie), and the curse is in fact nothing more than our fear of not being accepted for our physical characteristics.
So, it is quite a simple story, yes, but nowadays, when 15-years old girls are asking their moms for nose jobs, I think it is not so bad to have a movie about loving oneself and accepting that pig-girl or not, you don't need anyone else but yourself to be happy.

5 out of 5 stars

Just lovely! April 20, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

A great film with great actors - especially lovely McAvoy as scruffy gambler Max! This is fairy tale romance as good as it gets, and the connection between the two is very believable. You'll watch this film again and again!