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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

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Release Date: March 7, 2008 (Limited)
On DVD: August 19, 2008
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Writer: David Magee, Simon Beaufoy
Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Lee Pace
Studio: Focus Features
Official site: filminfocus.com/misspettigrew
Running Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some partial nudity and innuendo.

Can you get a life and discover love, all in one day? Two women are about to find out. In the sophisticated and heartfelt comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand plays the film’s title role opposite Academy Award nominee Amy Adams (star of the blockbuster Enchanted).The cast also includes Golden Globe Award nominee Lee Pace (of the hit series Pushing Daisies), Ciarán Hinds (There Will Be Blood), Shirley Henderson...

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In many ways, Frances McDormand and Amy Adams are on far end of the spectrums when it comes to the way they act and the characters they play. McDormand is best known for playing scruffy, frizzy and unglamorous roles, while Adams tends to play characters with princess syndrome. So, when the two team up in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, they come off as one of the oddest, yet strangely enjoyable, on-screen couplings in recent memory.

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