Penelope [2007] | ![Penelope [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J6kRDampL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Mark Palansky
Actors: Christina Ricci, James Mcavoy, Catherine O'hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 195
Format: Pal
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060116722079
ASIN: B0013VUS70
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: June 23, 2008
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 This one GROWS on you. August 21, 2008
Mr. R. P. Quinlan
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For some time (almost 2 years) I have known about, and waited patiently for this Reese Witherspoon production; wondering if it ever would come to fruition on DVD in the U.K. On 12th August, I found it in a local Super-Market, and bought my copy there and then.
I have to say that my first thoughts when I watched it for the fist time were not very complementary. But, unusually for me after such thoughts, I let the film continue, watching it to the Happy Ending that it duly deserved. As I watched that first time, the film slowly "GREW ON ME", to the point where I couldn't walk away and forget it; I just HAD TO WATCH TO THE END.
It's a fable about a young (25-year-old) woman, Penelope, played by Christina Ricci (who I had never heard of until I watched this movie), bourne, under an ancient family curse, with a pig's snout for a nose: whoes potential Suiters all seem to have a great pair of legs for running away from her the moment she shows herself to them. All, that is, except one: a gambler employed by a news reporter to get a photograph of Penelope. After several visits to Penelope's home, the photograph is taken: but our gambling friend has, by then, fallen hopelessly in love with Penelope, and destroys the picture rather than have it published.
Penelope pleads with the gambler to marry her, promissing to kill herself if the curse is not broken. But her pleading is rejected, as the gambler knows he does not have the power to break the curse. After this, Penelope escapes the house that has been her prison, runs off to town where she meets and becomes great friends with Annie (Reese Witherspoon); but meets up, too, with the man she knows as Max, the gambler who rejected her. Max is also on hand when Penelope becomes engaged to marry the one person who has started all the bad publicity in the news-papers about her: something Max tries to put a stop to.
This film "GREW ON ME" as I watched it that first time; and has become a Nightly show for me now. I'm a succer for a good Rom-Com or Romantic Adventure: and this is Romantic Adventure AT IT ULTIMATE BEST.
Forget the SNOUT Miss Ricci carries for the majority of this movie. Just enjoy HER BEAUTY, some GREAT Acting by the entire cast, and what I like to think of as "A ROLLICKING GOOD YARN". Get to see this movie (only available on DVD). YOU'LL LOVE IT!
 Sweet fairy tale - great performances from a talented cast July 18, 2008
Louise Amkaer (Greenland)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Penelope" is the story of a high society girl, born with a pig's snout due to a curse. She is kept isolated by her excentric mother, who desperately tries to break the curse by finding a blue blood suitor for Penelope. This isn't easy, every man runs away after seeing Penelope's snout, until Max that is. Penelope and Max hit it off, but Max will not marry Penelope. After this rejection, Penelope breaks free into the world and goes exploring - and much follows...
"Penelope" is a sweet, little fairy tale about accepting yourself despite your pig's snout. The movie feature excellent actors and magnificant performances from all of them. The dialogue is rich and humorous. All in all, "Penelope" is the kind of movie that makes you sigh and smile and the kind of movie that will remain on my dvd-shelf for a long time and be watched again and again.
Louise
sweet June 18, 2008
Ms. F. I. Macdonald (uk)
what a nice, adorable film, i certainly enjoyed this very much. I thought the cast was great, the story was great and the motto was great!!brill film which can be enjoyed again and again!!
All star romantic comedy June 16, 2008
TCJOHNSTON (GB)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a really lovely story - it's a bit of a fairy tale but is really bought to life by the all-star cast in this movie. Excellent lead-role by Chritina Ricci, and not what you'd normally expect from Reese Witherspoon either! Some sad parts, but mostly very funny and very moving - I dont want to give the story away as this one is definitely worth the watch, but there's some good little twists in here and the breaking of the curse comes in one of the most unexpected places so that once you've seen it you'll be thinking "why didnt I think of that" - very clever. I'll definitely watch again and perhaps even buy this one!
It a fairy tale but a lovely one May 25, 2008
AGDA (Spain)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Let's face it, this is a fairy tale and if you don't like such things then you won't like this movie, but, on the other hand if you do love a good classic bedtime story where a young girl is cursed, her family is looking for the perfect prince that will save her, love is, as usual, playing games, disguised in a charming man that is not a prince, while the prince is really a pig and the pig-girl is just lovely (even with the nose she looks lovely, she is not disgusting in any part of the movie), and the curse is in fact nothing more than our fear of not being accepted for our physical characteristics.
So, it is quite a simple story, yes, but nowadays, when 15-years old girls are asking their moms for nose jobs, I think it is not so bad to have a movie about loving oneself and accepting that pig-girl or not, you don't need anyone else but yourself to be happy.
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