Renée Zellweger,
Ewan McGregor,
Emily Watson,
Barbara Flynn,
Bill Paterson
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The true story of the woman who created some of the most beloved characters in children's literature comes to the screen in this drama leavened with elements of comedy and romance. Beatrix Potter (Ren... read more
Directed by: Chris Noonan
Release Date: January 12, 2007
Keywords:
touching,
family,
cute,
feel-good,
charming,
little,
romantic,
game,
lovely,
ewan mcgregor,
renee zellweger,
beatrix potter,
miss potter,
Renee Zellweger ,
Beatrix Potter ,
Miss Potter ,
Peter Rabbit
DVD Release Date: June 19, 2007
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September 18, 2011Charming drama about children's author Beatrice Potter's life. An intelligent child who has great talent for drawing and writing about creatures. She becomes a successful author in a stuffy Victorian England. She is secretly engaged to her editor and first love who becomes ill. S... read more
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November 20, 2010Beatrix Potter! Yay! Five stars
Renée Zellweger, no stars, They must've cast around for a good actress and then when no one called . . . Read the Potter stories and forget this borat.
How long? How long? How long can Zellweger get acting jobs? Freakin A unbelievabl
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August 29, 2010Really, really, really liked this film. Renée did an awesome job and it was a great story of Potters life.
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June 14, 2010Apart from the horrible poster and the fact it was marketed a little too much for an American audience, Miss Potter is a fantastic film! I'm not a fan of Renée Zellweger and she certainly wouldn't have been my first choice but she does a great job. I only watched this film becaus... read more
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December 31, 2009Caught on tv, I was pleasantly surprised by the storyline which I would otherwise have avoided. It slightly pains me to say it, but I thought Renee Zellwegger was pretty good in this role (I tend to rant a little at her Bridget Jones role).
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August 2, 2009a touching film, though it could have delved a little deeper into the problems faced by beatrix. zelwegger pulls off a great performance whilst ewan mcgregor once again lights up every scene he's in
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August 31, 2008This is the exact same film in every way to Finding Neverland. However here the film is less interesting as there is simply no conflict. Everything goes so well it becomes dull and you begin to question "Why make a film of this?" Publishers scheme against Beatrix and their older ... read more
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May 28, 2008While occasionally painting in broad strokes (which is the failing of most biopics), this film keeps to its tenor throughout, has some very nice cinemetography and an effective, yet subtle use of CGI (the animals becomming animated off the page, as it were).
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February 23, 2008Miss Potter is such a good film about Beatrix Potter and her two loves of life; writing and one man played by Ewan McGregor. Renee Zellweger always does such a grand job of transforming to her characters and does not disappoint!
Critic Reviews
March 9, 2007
Michael Booth, Denver Post
March 9, 2007
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
One of those films that commits few egregious errors, but scales few real heights. There is nothing either terribly wrong or keenly right about it. It's tidy, I suppose.
March 8, 2007
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film offers scant insight into the forces that inspired Potter's phenomenally successful career.
March 8, 2007
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
If the source material is soft, the film then takes another punch with the casting of Renée Zellweger in the title role. She overflows with tics and twitches that make the author seem vaguely deranged. Full Review
March 8, 2007
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
With Miss Potter, Renee Zellweger has won back that precious thing that stardom rips away and the tabloids won't let you reclaim: her charm. Full Review
January 16, 2007
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
A grave disappointment.
January 12, 2007
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
The thinness shows -- there isn't much of a story. Beatrix starts out as a feisty, idiosyncratic, talented gal and, save for a momentary lapse after a brush with tragedy, remains so right to the end o... Full Review
January 12, 2007
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Miss Potter gives us only the bedtime version of the Beatrix Potter story, perhaps appropriately so given the subject matter and target audience, which will likely be captivated by the film's undemand... Full Review
January 10, 2007
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Miss Potter, right to the end, is the definition of a nice movie, and that makes it a genuine oddball in a universe of increasingly distressed and uncivilized pop culture. Full Review
January 10, 2007
Rex Reed, New York Observer
I found it slight but enchanting, which is not the same thing as slightly enchanting. Full Review
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