Home   In Cinemas   Showtimes   Box Office   Coming Soon   Top Rated Movies   Y! Star Reviewers   Browse Movies   Special Features   
Penelope (2008) - User Reviews
Penelope
Release Date: 19th June 2008
Language: English
Running Time: 101 mins
 
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance / Documentary / Drama / Comedy / Fantasy
Starring: Nicholas Stoller, Francis Lawrence, James McAvoy, Reese Witherspoon, Christina Ricci
[full cast]
Directed by: Mark Palansky
Local Distributor: Cathay-Keris Films
 
User Reviews: Read Review | Write Review
Users:
(19 ratings)
Sign in to rate this movie
User's Review and Ratings

Refreshing

What I loved most: Learning to accept & love yourself

It is crazily good...Not ony is it refreshing, the movie captivates the heart by making it light- hearted and interestingly FUNNY...The movie is basically about a family, that has a curse befallen on them; any female that is born to the family will have the face of a pig until true love is found...then the curse would be broken...I totlly recommend this to everyone who is looking for some good laughs, and getting their money worth for the movie ticket...Go for this :D

Story:

Acting:

Direction:

Visuals:

Overall:

Sign in to recommend this review.Report Abuse

Babe, Beauty and the Beast (and Prince Charming)

A modern-day fairy tale set in a hybrid Anglo-American aristocracy provides the setting for a great cast to breeze through this entertaining, if lightweight, script. Our posh heroine is born with a cursed porcine feature for which the obvious solution - Nip and Tuck - is unfeasible because of accompanying vascular complexities that any fan of 'House MD' will appreciate. No, only true love can save her bacon, apparently. There are at least four great comic actors here - daughter, Mum, Dad and girlfriend - who could have been fed a few more gags to make this film truly hilarious. But the film is good value for money and should win two oscars for prettiest prosthetic and most stylish scarf.

Story:

Acting:

Direction:

Visuals:

Overall:

Sign in to recommend this review.Report Abuse

Nice Movie

What I loved most: Penelope's Mother is hilarious!

I really enjoyed watching this movie. It was entertaining and funny. Generally, the movie is about a blue blood family which was cursed by a witch once upon a time. The curse: every daughter born to the family will have a face of a pig and the curse will only disappear when a guy from a blue blood family is willing to marry her and claim her as his "till death do they part". Unlucky Penelope was born to this family with a face of a pig. Her mother, thinking what is best for her daughter, try everything she can do to find a "suitor" for Penelope. Penelope's mother is hilarious from the beginning till the end! About the ending, I should say it's rather unpredictable. The morale of the movie: to accept who you are and to have faith/confidence in yourself. One quotes I like from the movie: "It is not the power of the curse, it's the power you give the curse" which perfectly fits the theme of the movie. Watch it and you shall understand ^^

Story:

Acting:

Direction:

Visuals:

Overall:

Sign in to recommend this review.Report Abuse
1