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| Director
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Curtis Hanson
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| Starring
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Toni Collette
Cameron Diaz
Shirley MacLaine |
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| The plot of
In Her Shoes |
Straight-laced
Rose (Collette) breaks off relations with her
party girl sister, Maggie (Diaz), over an indiscretion
involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere
is broken with the arrival of Ella (MacLaine),
the grandmother neither sister knew existed. |
In Her Shoes
Movie Review
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Review by Todd
McCarthy:
With his previous three films, "L.A. Confidential,"
"Wonder Boys""Wonder Boys" and "8
Mile," Curtis HansonCurtis Hanson delivered a bracing
surprise each time out, each one posing so distinctive
and different a challenge. "In Her Shoes"
is different, too, but the surprise this time is that
he has made such a conventional picture, one that advances
no out-of-the-ordinary ideas or feelings. While the
director's avid fans may be disappointed, however, upscalish
mainstream auds, particularly women, will eat up this
well-acted, emotionally focused adaptation of Jennifer
WeinerJennifer Weiner's popular novel about the falling-out
and eventual reconciliation of two diametrically opposed
sisters, auguring well for peppy B.O.B.O. through the
fall upon Oct. 7 release.The "chick lit" label
has been derided both for feminist/political reasons
and because such pigeon-holing has the appearance of
ghettoizing the genre commercially and critically...more..
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In movies, as in stilettos,
size does matter. When they’re too long, they
can trip you up.Such is the case for the protracted,
estrogen-soaked contrivance “In Her Shoes.”
But it also comes courtesy of a poised director with
some sturdy actresses in tow. So only a total heel won’t
get pumped up by at least some bits of this often-involved
melodrama about a love-hate sibling relationship.Well-intended
if weakly structured, the episodic piece is adapted
from the pop novel by leading chick-lit author Jennifer
Weiner. Though the marketing campaign emphasizes Cameron
Diaz’s presence as the ne’er-do-well hottie
Maggie, the character of her frumpy sister Rose -—
as played by the less commercial but more skilled Toni
Collette (“Muriel’s Wedding,” “The
Sixth Sense”) — is the moral center of “In
Her Shoes......More..
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