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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Director: Bharat Nalluri Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/19/2008
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 6,422

Viewer Rating: (22 ratings)

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Deleted scenes; Making an Unforgettable Day; Miss Pettigrew's Long Trip to Hollywood

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Disc #1, Side A -- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
1. Governess of Last Resort (Main Titles) [5:28]
2. The Leading Lady [6:22]
3. First Man [3:15]
4. Second Man [3:46]
5. Strong, Confident Firm [6:46]
6. Topping the Bill [3:29]
7. Appreciating the Female Figure [5:53]
8. Transformation [4:22]
9. Third Man [6:33]
10. All Or Nothing [3:33]
11. Love Is Not a Game [6:12]
12. Official Announcement [6:58]
13. Just a Grub [2:13]
14. The Next Dance [4:40]
15. Change in Program [4:33]
16. Not a Second to Waste [4:47]
17. Grateful for the Truth [3:01]
18. Bon Voyage [2:50]
19. Looking for You [2:39]
20. End Titles [4:11]
Disc #1, Side B -- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
1. Governess of Last Resort (Main Titles) [5:28]
2. The Leading Lady [6:22]
3. First Man [3:15]
4. Second Man [3:46]
5. Strong, Confident, Firm [6:46]
6. Topping the Bill [3:29]
7. Appreciating the Female Figure [5:53]
8. Transformation [4:22]
9. Third Man [6:33]
10. All Or Nothing [3:33]
11. Love Is Not a Game [6:12]
12. Official Announcement [6:58]
13. Just a Grub [2:13]
14. The Next Dance [4:40]
15. Change in Program [4:33]
16. Not a Second to Waste [4:47]
17. Grateful for the Truth [3:01]
18. Bon Voyage [2:50]
19. Looking For You [2:39]
20. End Titles [4:11]

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Editorial Reviews

A late-'30s-era London governess hired to work in the home of a high-profile nightclub chanteuse gets a taste of the good life when she is assigned the task of sorting out the singer's many unseemly affairs in a period comedy starring Frances McDormand and adapted from the novel by Winifred Watson. Unfairly and unceremoniously dismissed from her latest position without so much as a penny of severance pay, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (McDormand) realizes that in order to stay financially afloat she'll need to find a new job fast. Though she has worn out her welcome at the unemployment office due to her propensity to loose jobs, she's determined to seize the day and keep an open mind. Before she's booted from the office, she takes note of a job opening that is a little outside of her experience, but decides to pursue it, pretending she is the prospective employee the office was planning to recommend. Becoming a "social secretary" may not be exactly what Miss Pettigrew had in mind when the time came to seek out a new job, yet she hopes that her enthusiasm will offset her inexperience and throws caution to the wind.

Upon arriving at the penthouse of up-and-coming American entertainer Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams), the unassuming Miss Pettigrew becomes instantly swept up in the high-society milieu. But serving as social secretary to one of the busiest women in the city is no easy task, and before the day is over, Miss Pettigrew and her new charge will both learn a thing or two about life and love. Now, as Miss Pettigrew helps Delysia make informed career decisions and choose between one of three potential suitors, her own attraction to a handsome clothing designer named Joe (Ciarán Hands) could prove her undoing. Joe's current fiancée, Edythe (Shirley Henderson), is an insolent fashion maven with little patience for those she deems incompetent or unworthy of the spotlight, and she currently has her targets locked onto a certain social secretary who doesn't yet grasp the complex social mechanisms of the high-society lifestyle. Simon Beaufoy and David Magee co-author a screenplay directed by Bharat Nalluri. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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The studios screwed up when they didn't do publicity for this oneby Patokagwp

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July 06, 2009: This is one great film. It isn't edge of the seat thrilling; but it does give a big helping of hope, fun and enjoyment with a large dash of love conquers all. It sounds trite. But, this is one film that feeds the hope for a happily ever after. It's set right on the verge of World War II in London. The heroine has been sacked because she is an incompetent governess. You see that she has not escaped from her upbringing in an English Vicarage.

With her new employer (and a big fear of unemployment), Miss Pettigrew learns how to compromise and how to accept. She also helps to "teach" her new employer how to grow up and how to choose what is best for her life.

Miss Pettigrew learns to be human. She feels the sting of fear, she remembers what it was like to love and what it was like to live. She doesn't forget how to be honorable and learns to stand up for what is important.

This film is easily watched and re-watched. The characters and the actors & actresses who portray them are perfect. The casting director deserves a standing ovation. The writer deserves praise. The music is fantastic (I adore Cole Porter).

I can't recommend this film enough. I love it. I hate the studios for not letting me know when it hit the theater. I would have gone twice!

24 hoursby katknit

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June 06, 2009: Love and life have bypassed middle-aged Guinevere Pettigrew, who is the quintessential English governess, newly unemployed. Beautiful but ditsy American singer Delysia Lafosse is doing her utmost to land a plum role on the London stage. When Guinevere approaches Delysia in hopes of a job, opposites attract, and it isn't long before Guinevere sets her mind to helping her find true happiness. And to eating as much as she possibly can before this bubble bursts.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is filled with humor and music, as Guinevere steers Delysia through her tumultuous day. Complications abound. The governess smokes a cigar, undergoes a makeover, and falls prey to blackmail from an unscrupulous social climber. Delysia, deaf to Guinevere's wisdom, makes all the wrong decisions. Will Delysia ever find true happiness? Will Miss Pettigrew?

Frances McDormand is outstanding in the title role, while Amy Adams reprises her wide-eyed, golly-gee persona from Enchanted. Ciaran Hinds and Lee Pace are also well-cast. Pacing is quick and direction tight, and the visuals of the glamorous milieu of pre-WWII London are elegant and sophisticated. The bouncy, 1930's era soundtrack perfectly sets the tone. A frothy romantic comedy with heart, highly recommended.

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