Art/Foreign, Comedy, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Runtime
:
1 hr. 41 min.
Color
:
Color
Aspect Ratio
:
2.35 : 1
Sound Mix
:
SDDS / DTS / Dolby Digital
Certification
:
Ireland:PG / Taiwan:GP / USA:PG
Language
:
English
Country
:
UK / USA
MPAA
:
PG for thematic elements, some innuendo and language.
Distributors
:
IFC Films, Summit Entertainment, LLC
Overwiew :A romantic story about a young girl's inspiring journey, a mysterious family secret and the power of love. With all odds against her, in order for Penelope to break the family curse, she must find true love with "one of her own kind." The warm and funny adventure leads her to realize the most important life lesson, "I like myself the way I am."
Producers :Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Simpson, Michael Roban, Christian Arnold-Beutel, Dylan Russell, Robin Greenspun, Danny Greenspun, Andrew Molasky, Chris Curling, Scott Steindorff, Leslie Caveny, Philip Robertson
Writers :
Leslie Caveny
Critic Reviews
Grade
USA Today - Claudia Puig : Though the film has a strong cast, humor and a satirical take on celebrity culture, the story is spotty. more...
B-
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Sean Axmaker : This fairy tale feels pleasantly down-to-earth. more...
B  
San Francisco Chronicle - Walter Addiego : Ricci, McAvoy, Grant, Dinklage and Woods are decent. more...
C+
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers : ...dead on arrival. more...
D+
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : ...flawed but not irredeemably so. more...
B-
Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt : ...smart about its characters and the not-quite-real world they inhabit. more...
B  
filmcritic.com - Jesse Hassenger : ...Ricci regresses, coming off a good decade younger than she is and trading in her otherworldly spark for generic adolescence... more...
C-
E! Online - Matt Stevens : For all its good intentions and positive messages, this pig pic doesn't fly... more...
C  
Chicago Tribune - Matt Pais : Ricci makes us feel the sting of an overly critical society... more...
B  
Boston Globe - Wesley Morris : For her part, Witherspoon might have been more inventively comic with the pig snout than Ricci. more...
C-
Total Reviews:
1
Average Rating:
1 Comments
sami says @ Thursday - March 06,2008
i loved the movie! it touched the heart of the people and made them cry. ricci has done a great job. specially the young girls will like the movie.