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Last Update: Apr-23-07, 13:00 GMT
Movie Released on DVD!
Miss Potter, the movie staring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor is released today (Apr-23-07). The movie tells the story of Beatrix Potter’s life; her experiences as a child and her struggles with Victorian society ‘rules’, of how her books came to be published, and of her influences within the Lake District.
Amazon.co.uk Review…
Miss Potter walks that fine line between charming and cloying with pleasing sure-footedness. Apple-cheeked Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones' Diary) once again slips into a British accent to play writer/illustrator Beatrix Potter, the creator of Peter Rabbit. Potter, born into wealth, fought the disapproval of her high society mother to do something as crass as publish a book... and to fall in love with her publisher, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor, previously teamed with Zellweger in Down With Love). Unfortunately, their love runs into something worse than upper-class stuffiness. Miss Potter skips through Potter's life a bit too briskly at times, but Zellweger's thankfully restrained performance, McGregor's infinite charm, and some beautiful shots of the English landscape keep the movie grounded and engaging. Also featuring a crackling supporting performance by Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) as Warne's sister Millie. --Bret Fetzer
The DVD is now available to buy from high street and online retailers.
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Miss Potter, The Movie Now Showing At A Cinema Near You...
‘Whilst delighting generations of children with her books, Beatrix Potter
kept her
own story carefully locked away.
Directed by Chris Noonan (Babe) and Starring Academy Award® winner Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Cold Mountain) and Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Moulin Rouge), Miss Potter is the enchanting love story inspired by Beatrix Potter’s life and love affair with her publisher Norman Warne.’
The long anticipated await of the movie, which will most likely encourage visitors to the Lake District to view the home of Beatrix Potter, is now showing in cinemas - check the listings of your local cinema for times.
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