Your in for a treat with Lavender Hill Mob, PY. Let us know how you
get on with it.

Cheers.

Mike

--- In filmtalkuk@..., py <pymgntt@l...> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 23:10 +0000, Mike OBrien wrote:
> > The mainstream doesn't always have to be insubstantial,
painfully
> > predictable, and childish. 'In Her Shoes' has the plotting
framework
> > of a thousand other Hollywood films, but it is unusual in taking
the
> > time to let its characters breathe, and the kind of pace which
> > permits
> > a better understanding of them.
>
>
> Maybe you're right but I felt bored to re-view the same basic plot
with
> some very similar treatment. The first scene, i.e. the comparison
done
> between the two sisters, is quite nice. They seem truly similar
but the
> portrait cracks in both case.
>
> After, it remains very classical Hollywood heroes and the same
type of
> character, like in a old joke.
>
> Anyway, I think this plot belongs to those I prefer to read, or
expect
> an original screening...
>
> >
> > Mind you, what do I know? I'm the kind of guy who is left cold
by
> > the 'perfect figured' Cameron Diaz, and am far more attracted to
the
> > more interesting and more desirably proportioned Toni Collette.
> >
> > Also, I can't help liking a film which features some e.e.
cummings
> > poetry.
> >
> > And Shirley MacLaine is wonderful.
>
> Definitely!
>
> > Enjoyable film.
>
> Yes, not more :p
>
> PY
>
> PS: by the way, thanks for the advice about Lavender Hill Mob. I
have
> not seen it but I'll try. I have a poor culture in the classics...