Movie on DVD Review

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Reviewed by Ty Burr | Aug 29, 2008

Details Release Date: Aug 19, 2008; DVD Release Date: Aug 19, 2008; Movie Rated: PG-13; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Frances McDormand; Distributor: Focus Features

In an EXTRA, writer Winifred Watson's son says this buddy film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day about a dowdy London social secretary and her actress employer was almost made in the '40s with Billie Burke (a.k.a. Glinda the Good Witch). This one, with McDormand and Adams, is a shallow, immensely pleasurable bonbon. B+

Originally posted Aug 29, 2008 Published in issue #1009 Sep 05, 2008 Order article reprints
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