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A Kiss
by Marilyn Oakley - 03/18/25 02:17 PM
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The Works
by Michael Thomas Ellis - 03/18/25 02:11 PM
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Janita
by Gary E. Andrews - 03/17/25 10:54 PM
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Bonepony
by Gary E. Andrews - 03/16/25 07:01 PM
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Every Now-&-Then, along comes a Movie that has a New Fable in it & a Nice "Moral" as-well. (And..is Good Clean FUN!)
Such is the case with "PENELOPE", Directed by Mark Palansky, & fresh from "Type A Films", Reese Witherspoon's very-own Production Co.
Christina Ricci (Brilliantly) plays Penelope Wilhern...The Unlucky (to have a Pig's Snout) daughter of Jessica & Franklin (Caterine O'Hara & Richard E. Grant) & under a Family Curse. It's only broken when she "finds true love with one who will love her faithfully"...
Endless rounds of Well-Heeled Suitors come-&-go..(SO rapidly the family butler wears Tennis Shoes to catch up with them & have them sign a Confidentiality Agreement!)
The Years of Cloister-dom in the Family Manse lead Penelope to don a Winter's Scarf & head off to The Big City..in-cog-snout-o!
There she befriends locals like Jack The Barman (Richard Leaf), has her first-ever Draft Beer, & meets up with Street-Savvy Annie (Reese Witherspoon) who rides her around on her motorcycle, helping her hide out from Over-Helpful Mom & Dad.
A Paparazzi-of-sorts, (Peter Dinklage as Lemon) is pursuing her via a Suitor-with-Hidden-Camera-Up-His-Sleeve (James McAvoy as Max)..with $5K at stake to get a PHOTO of the "Pig-Monster" for the Tabloids. ("Artist-Rendering" shows her with Fangs!) There are a LOT of Fun Plot-Twists-&-Turns before the (You Guessed It) Happy Ending!
I happily give it a "7 1/2-Outta-10" & recommend taking kids 6th-grade-on-up to it...(Or ANYONE with a Self-Esteem Issue). It stays Perky all nearly-2-Hours'-Worth...SOME is Total Hilarious-Spoofiness; some's on the Serious-Side when it's "Moral Time".
It's been A WHILE since I heard an Audience CLAP after a Preview, but at this one, I DID...& It Deserved It, every bit! Nice Original Music by Joby Talbot, too!
JMO...Keep-or-Sweepit!
Big Hugs,
Stan
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Okay. so which 7.5 out of 10 film is the best? = )
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Bit of a Tough Question, BUT I gotcha an Answer:
DEPENDS what ya Wanna See, BUT I'll TRY to List these in a Pecking Order of Best-to-Least-Best, JMO, Overall:
1) Real-Life "Message Film": Diving Bell & The Butterfly
2) Historical "Re-Enactment" Drama: The Other Boleyn Girl
3) Entertaining "Fable w/a Moral" Film: Penelope
Penelope's the only 1 of all-3 that's got a Lot of Humor in it, tho, so these go from Saddest to Sad to Funny. SO..if it's Laughs ya Want, do these in Reverse-Order!
All felt "Worth The Loot"..or they'd have gotten 6-or-less Ratings from me.
Big Guy-Hugs,
Stan
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