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Penelope

A kiss of true love/Penelope

Director: Mark Polanski mark palansky

Starring: reese witherspoon reese witherspoon

Christina ricci christina ricci

James McAvoy James McAvoy

Richard james richard james

Genre: comedy/drama/fantasy

Length: Canada 10 1 min/USA 102 min.

Grade: American PG grade

Release: IFC film

Release date: February 29, 2008 (USA)

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Verhearn's family is of pure aristocratic descent and still prospered in the 20th century. They have huge castles and enjoy everything in an upper-class way of life. However, not all good luck has blessed this family. An ancient curse cast a shadow over the family. That is, the first girl born in Verhearn's family will have a pig nose. This misfortune befell the newborn baby girl Penelope. And this curse, this curse can only end in one way. That is to find a man who really loves Penelope. Eliminate everything with his deep kiss. On the one hand, parents are wary of journalists and paparazzi who come to sneak shots to protect their daughters' reputation. On the other hand, they arranged many blind dates with aristocratic men for Penelope. All these people who came here fled after seeing Penelope's face. Repeated blows made Penelope lose hope in life. She never wants to see any blind date again. Until one day, she met the handsome Max. Max is charming. Her tenderness immediately made Penelope fall in love at first sight. The two began to get along. Penelope later discovered that Max was actually a photographer hired by a cunning reporter. Penelope left home in grief and disappointment. On the way, she met the sincere Anne. Getting along with Anne made her understand the meaning of life.

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The filming and post-production of the film was completed as early as a year ago. The distributor's intention to hide the film from the public is mostly to covet the golden statuette of Oscar's 80th birthday this year. For this reason, this film has been shown in many screen events such as Toronto Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival in Canada for more than a year, which makes this film become the talk of people after dinner before it is widely released. Some viewers who have seen the movie have reflected. Generally speaking, it is still popular. However, the story of the film is obviously not the biggest highlight of the film. The old story that the cursed ugly face can only be restored by the kiss of the lover has been quoted countless times in literature, drama and other artistic genres since the creation of the brothers Grimm. Even if the screenwriter Lesley Kelley won the Emmy for screenwriter and deliberately changed the film background to the modern world, it is still a simple blindness.

Then the leading actor who won the audience a standing ovation for a long time at the Toronto Film Festival may be the first to promote the lens and actors.

For a film with a magical theme, the images and visual effects in the film are particularly important. The photographer of this film, Michael Amas, has more than 20 years of professional experience. He used to be (Du Binquan). When the film is always in charge of the camera, it has its own unique style in image capture and processing. In addition, the filming of the crew in various old European cities with gorgeous scenery should be the highlight of the film.

Although the cast of this film is not gorgeous, it is also an exquisite combination of powerful veterans and red star idols. Christina ricci, who plays the leading role of Penelope, has appeared on the screen since she was 10. She has not only played the leading role in many films, but also in Saturday Nightlife (saturday night live). < Grey's Anatomy > Grey' s Anatomy and other popular American TV series have appeared frequently, which has accumulated a lot of popularity. Her cute appearance like a ghost horse also corresponds to the types of magical characters in the film. In addition, reese witherspoon, the former winner of the Academy Award, will play opposite christina ricci in the film and put on many wonderful performances. Only four years apart, they are similar in temperament, and they are both celebrities in Hollywood today. However, their performance routes are different. I believe that they will perform together for the first time in the film, and the spark index will be very high.

A brief review of movies

At the premiere of Toronto Film Festival, the film was a great success. After the screening, not only the audience stood up and applauded, but also the media rated the films shown at the film festival as 3.5 stars (out of 4 stars). Under such circumstances, many film critics can't wait to label this film as an Oscar. But to be fair, the Oscar appearance of this film centered on such a wonderful but not novel story seems to be not optimistic. Pei Nyrop is not an easy character to get along with, and is expected to be nominated by Ricky after winning the movie. According to Oscar standards, this film is indeed suspected of being too flattering. However, the golden globe potential of this film cannot be ignored. Whether it's photography, costume, performance or art, I believe this film will definitely win something at the Golden Globe Award for Foreplay next year. As far as the box office is concerned, the release date of the film coincides; Wait until the aftermath of the giant shells subsides. When the fierce diners were not born, coupled with the accumulation of word-of-mouth and hard publicity shown before, its attendance prospects were also great. Generally speaking, although the story of this film is very old, its packaging is still very fresh. It is also a good choice to alleviate the aesthetic fatigue of recent blockbusters. -