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  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level--...

Directed By: Bharat Nalluri

Written By: David Magee, Simon Beaufoy, Winifred Watson

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 32 m

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
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Summary In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level--...

Directed By: Bharat Nalluri

Written By: David Magee, Simon Beaufoy, Winifred Watson

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Frothy and exuberantly entertaining - in part because of the sexual innuendoes - it's the best romantic comedy so far this year.
By Ruthe Stein FULL REVIEW
80
Watching McDormand navigate that transformation is the kind of thing that can keep your hope in movies, and in actors, alive.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW

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Looks and sounds great, and is at its best when it isn't trying too hard to have fun.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
70
How light is this movie? So buoyant that even an air raid warning, signaling that this whole world is about to crumble under the blitz, can’t dampen its giddy spirits.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
63
It's left to the ideally cast McDormand to keep everything on track and, as expected, she weathers every tonal change with competence, confidence and a perfectly stiff upper lip.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
I adore Frances McDor mand, but she's seriously miscast in a title role Emma Thompson could play in her sleep.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
40
At least Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day has the good grace to go wrong quickly, you don't have to sit there squirming with doubt.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Focus Features, Kudos Productions Ltd., Keylight Productions, Twins Financing, Shine Pictures
Release Date Mar 7, 2008
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Every Woman Will Have Her Day
Website http://www.europacorp.com/dossiers/misspettigrew/
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Awards

People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination

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