Miss Potter

Name: Miss Potter
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: December 29, 2006
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger

2006

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: December 29, 2006 | PG

Starring: Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger

Summary: An exploration of the life of Beatrix Potter, the author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," the beloved and best-selling children's classic. The film tells the story of Potter's (Zellweger) love for her publisher Norman Wayne (McGregor) and her strong attempt for an independent life during a time when society expected woman of her class simplyAn exploration of the life of Beatrix Potter, the author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," the beloved and best-selling children's classic. The film tells the story of Potter's (Zellweger) love for her publisher Norman Wayne (McGregor) and her strong attempt for an independent life during a time when society expected woman of her class simply to make a good marriage. (The Weinstein Company)… Expand

Director: Chris Noonan

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: PG

Runtime: 92 min

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Mick LaSalle

In every way, Miss Potter is a very beautiful thing. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Miss Potter, right to the end, is the definition of a "nice" movie, and that makes it a genuine oddball in a universe of increasingly distressed and uncivilized pop culture. Read full review

James Berardinelli

With its lack of pretensions, Miss Potter is that rare breed of cinematic animal: a movie whose entire goal is to entertain and perhaps apply a gentle touch to the heart. Read full review

David Edelstein

Miss Potter hardly deserves ridicule. It's sweet with lovely Lake District vistas and a heartfelt endorsement of land conservation. It will certainly play well with older audiences and the kind of adolescent girls who draw faces in their O's. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

The problem confronting writer Richard Maltby Jr. and director Chris Noonan is that Potter lived a fairly uneventful life once you remove her success as an author. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

"Potter" periodically brings Zellweger's charming drawings to life in elegantly animated sequences that are as delightful and lyrical as the rest of the film is stilted and clumsy. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Miss Potter is a grave disappointment, because it never listens out for that note. It is a soft, woolly film about a smart, unsentimental woman who did constant battle with her frustrations. Read full review

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PhyllisGlazerman

Jan 8, 2007

A few very positive things -- Zellweger's acting was great and she was a joy to watch on the screen. The scenery and music were gorgeous. I also loved her way of dealing with all the powerful figures that were at the outset in control of her life. From shyness and acquiessence to A few very positive things -- Zellweger's acting was great and she was a joy to watch on the screen. The scenery and music were gorgeous. I also loved her way of dealing with all the powerful figures that were at the outset in control of her life. From shyness and acquiessence to boldness and assertivess, and all without the benefit of role models. She managed to work major changes on the society she lived in and she did it her way. Why are men reviewing this movie? I felt everything she was feeling all the way along.… Expand

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SusanH.

May 5, 2007

Another masterful portrayal by Zellwegger. A glorious tale of how one woman CAN stand up against the mores of her time and make a difference in the world. Brava! To both Rene and Beatrix.

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Dec 22, 2011

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JoyceT.

Jan 28, 2007

I smiled from first to last. It showed the character's inventive quirky imagination and the miserable limitations she felt in Victorian England. Those pressures weighed her down so much that she denied herself normal human pleasure. A few more glimpses of passion would have been I smiled from first to last. It showed the character's inventive quirky imagination and the miserable limitations she felt in Victorian England. Those pressures weighed her down so much that she denied herself normal human pleasure. A few more glimpses of passion would have been appreciated though.… Expand

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ChadS.

Jun 4, 2007

After a crucial plot point relatively late in "Miss Potter", the narrative starts to slacken, because frankly, other than her depression(which the film gives short shrift to), nothing truly remarkable happens in Beatrix Potter's life after her initial rush of fame. This film makes the After a crucial plot point relatively late in "Miss Potter", the narrative starts to slacken, because frankly, other than her depression(which the film gives short shrift to), nothing truly remarkable happens in Beatrix Potter's life after her initial rush of fame. This film makes the mistake of covering too much time. "Miss Potter" is at its best when the famed writer of "Peter Rabbit" sits at her drafting table, and like a proto-Tori Amos, treats the imaginary realm as if it were an extension of the physical world. Because of the times, much prejudice and ridicule were levelled against any girl who aspired to be more than a wife and mother, especially when her weapon of transcendence was thought to be a man's domain. "Miss Potter" largely doesn't mess up the excitement behind the feminist gambit that a woman can do anything she sets her mind to. If Potter was a murder-mystery writer, life would've imitated art; every character in the film benefits from the catastrophic blow that befalls the writer's personal and professional life. But Potter wrote children's books, and the film deals with her sadness in a very unrigorous manner.… Expand

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TroyMartina

Jan 10, 2007

The twee romance was too much for me, though the movie's first half follows in fascinating detail the innovations Warne introduced to popularize illustrated picture books for children. Zellweger is certainly likable as Beatrix, but as an upper-class English lady of a century ago, she The twee romance was too much for me, though the movie's first half follows in fascinating detail the innovations Warne introduced to popularize illustrated picture books for children. Zellweger is certainly likable as Beatrix, but as an upper-class English lady of a century ago, she enunciates her words as if sucking a lemon -- you almost start to wonder if you've stumbled into a satire of "Masterpiece Theatre. Zellweger dusts off her Bridget Jones accent - and a constellation of annoying vocal and facial tics - for Miss Potter, an unrelentingly mediocre, TV-movieish biopic of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter.… Expand

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TinaF.

Jan 10, 2007

Renee has never performed worse and never looked worse. Her ugly performance all-arround plummets this flop to the depths of obscurity. A terrible, monumentally disasterous film.

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