The other day, I finally watched Penelope, starring Christina Ricci.
The description on imdb.com “A modern romantic tale about a young aristocratic heiress born under a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with “one who will love her faithfully.”
I remember seeing the trailers when it came out in 2006 and I wanted to see it, but it wasn’t in the theater very long, but it’s on Netflix, so yeah for me!
When I saw the trailer, I thought it looked cute and after watching it, I was right! I have enjoyed Christina Ricci from the time she was a little girl inrmaids, then of course in Addams Family, looking forward to watching her as Lizzie Borden!
She plays a girl who is the great, great, great, great…granddaughter of a man who had a curse put on the family, she was born with a pig nose. Her parents, Richard Grant and Chatherin O’Hara, well, her father just dotes on her and her mother tries her best to find a husband for her daughter, who could break the curse.
Peter Dinklage plays a reporter that has been trying to get a photo of Penelope and expose the family, James Avory plays one of the suitors selected to meet and potentially marry Penelope. The suitors are all required to sign a gag order about meeting Penelope.
Penelope is clever and smart and sweet and loving and just wants to be loved, break the curse and please her parents.
The one person she is drawn to more than anyone and is drawn to her pulls away because he realizes that he is not someone who could break the curse or give her what she needs, but he’s the only one who doesn’t see her deformity, he sees her, really sees her.
In the end, she takes a chance, takes a step outside and discovers a whole new undiscovered world. Along the way, she meets a lot of different people, Reece Witherspoon being one of them, befriends her, who accepts her for who she is, and helps her discover who she really is and can be.
It’s a charming movie with a great message. Learn to love and like yourself. Besides, if you don’t love yourself, how can anyone else?
Peaches Prattlings 