Comments on: Miss Potter

By: Fence

Fence — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:16:12 +0000

Hope you enjoy if whenever you get to see it Carl. And as it is usually me waiting for films you’ve already seen I feel no sympathy whatsoever ;)

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:54:24 +0000

Once again I have to be jealous of you since this has not made its way here. It will in a few weeks, hopefully. I know the theatre next door to my work has this up as a ‘coming soon’. Nice review. I look forward to seeing this. It sounds, from your review, to be just what I was expecting from the film.

By: Fence

Fence — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:08:00 +0000

And here she has an English accent Kristina, so maybe that is a good omen :)

The characters may not have been overly simple Mal, but neither were they complex, and the story was quit simple. I think it is just too slight a movie to be anything more than a night’s entertainment.

Hi Marg, if you go see it I hope you enjoy it. The main reason I went was because I’d read an interesting article about Beatrix Potter in a recent paper, and the fact that Apocalyto was sold out.

By: Marg

Marg — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:52:42 +0000

I’m glad to see a review of this. When I went to the movies a couple of weeks ago I saw the trailer for this film, and was quite surprised because I had not heard anything about this film being made at all!

By: Maolsheachlann

Maolsheachlann — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:12:41 +0000

I thought this was better than just good. I thought it was the most grown-up film I’ve seen in a long time. The temptation in a film like this is to make the characters simple and somewhat childish, but it never went in for quaintness. Beatrix Potter was rather odd but entirely sane and self-aware, and Ewan MacGregor’s character was somewhat naive without being a clichÃ©d greenhorn. Also, people spoke and behaved like adults, and people who had heard about irony.

The sideburns of the father were worth the price of admission alone.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:08:52 +0000

I haven’t heard too much about this movie over here in Canada, and I haven’t seen a SINGLE trailer for it on TV or in the theatres, so that’s a bit odd. But I’ve seen ads in magazines, and I am interested in seeing it. Zellweger annoys me too sometimes… I think it’s the way she talks, or the way she tucks her chin down and looks up through those eyes that look like they might be swelling shut or something — there is something there that turns you off her. But I loved her in the Bridget movies, when all that worked for her. Anyway… I’ll probably see this when it’s out on DVD. Glad you thought it was a good enough movie.