Review of Shopgirl (2005) by Sean S — 27 Mar 2013
Shopgirl has a lot of winning elements on the screen - who would question Claire Danes in a romantic drama? - but nothing excels. The tale is sweet, one of a lonely saleswoman named Mirabelle who works at the gloves counter in Saks Fifth Avenue looking for love - taking a chance on Jeremy (Schwartzman) and later Ray (Martin), only for things to turn out quite as she had hoped.
Danes drifts through her role with ease and grace, and the film, had it been a bigger success, could have set her career up for a revival in the 2000s (however, that revival was to come later, in the TV series Homeland), but it was not to be so.
Martin and Schwartzman hit most of their marks, but neither of their characters ever quite seems to gel well with Mirabelle's character, although the film makes the viewer idealistic for romantic possibilities at first.
However, the film almost feels as if it never could have arrived at romantic bliss on such a small scale, and this is the biggest letdown.
This review of Shopgirl (2005) was written by Sean S on 27 Mar 2013.
Shopgirl has generally received positive reviews.
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