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In this screen adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's bestselling novel, Toni Collette (MURIEL'S WEDDING) is Rose Feller, an overweight, overworked, and painfully undersexed lawyer who fills an emotional void with pints of Haagen-Dazs and a closetful of expensive shoes that she never wears. Little sis Maggie (an always radiant Cameron Diaz), who is prone to public drunkenness, one night stands, and wearing lingerie as outerwear, is as lacking in career prospects as her sister is in romantic ones. When her irresponsible behaviour gets her kicked out of her father's house by her spiteful stepmother, Maggie has nowhere to crash but her elder sister's couch. But, after she ignites a series of disasters ranging from the minor to the catastrophic, Maggie is cast out by her angry older sibling, with no job, no money, and no one to take her in. She finds a stash of hidden letters in her father's desk drawer that enable her to track down her estranged grandmother (the wonderfully centred Shirley MacLaine) in a Florida retirement community, hoping to use her impressive skills of manipulation and false charm to financial benefit. While Maggie begins to adapt to life as a nubile young fish in the waters of shuffleboard and wheelchairs, Rose, up in the wintry north, quits her stifling job and begins her own personal transformation. Both women's paths to spiritual growth and self-actualisation might ring false if handled by less nuanced performers and a flashier director, but here they are subtle enough to be both inspiring and realistic. Director Curtis Hanson has proven to be a flexible artist, jumping from genre to genre with the prowess and confidence of those studio directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. With IN HER SHOES, the man behind L.A. CONFIDENTIAL and 8 MILE elevates the chick flick out of that pigeonhole, crafting a story of surprising depth and universal appeal.

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ProducerLisa Ellzey, Ridley Scott, Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon

EAN5039036024952

eBay Product ID (ePID)50748334

Product Key Features

ActorToni Collette, Ken Howard, Jackie Geary, Candice Azzara, Brooke Smith, Francine Beers, Mark Feuerstein, Richard Burgi, Cameron Diaz, Shirley Maclaine

Film/TV TitleIn Her Shoes

DirectorCurtis Hanson

LanguageEnglish

Run Time125 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2006

FormatDVD

FeaturesAlternate Opening Sequence\Easter Egg\The People In The Shoes Featurette\A Community For Acting Seniors Featurette\The Casting Of Honey Bun Featurette, Widescreen

GenreDrama, Comedy

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Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

ReviewsDaily Mirror - Sweet, smart and genuinely touching. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love every minute, Cosmopolitan - Intelligent, moving and generous. Diaz and Collette are superb. We defy you not to be moved, USA Today - This is the most enjoyable film of its type in recent memory... The movie takes off in some pleasurable directions some comic, some touching, Daily Telegraph - Knocks the socks off Bridget Jones, Heat - Will have you giggling one minute and needing the tissues the next. Go see!

ScreenwriterSusannah Grant

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleIn Her Shoes