Review of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) by Marilyn T — 18 Nov 2009

Frances McDormand is the unfortunate, yet classy and kind Miss Pettigrew who finds herself in the middle of Delysia's (Amy Adams) whirlwind life of love affairs, lingerie, and London night clubs. Miss Pettigrew is jobless and only has the clothes on her back to her name, but she helps fish Delysia out of the crystal goblets of bubbly in time to realize that Michael (Lee Pace) is the man that loves her for who she is, Sarah Grubb, a steel-worker's daughter.

This movie is French farce all the way but charmingly done and the characters human at the core, all searching for what's right in front of them. Watch Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day for a pick-me-up, feel-good time! And all the awesome Big Band music and Cole Porter covers don't hurt to lighten the mood either.