Miss Pettigrew gives Sex And The City a run for its money
Marilyn Monroe meets Mary Poppins in this sophisticated little chick flick. Sparklingly adapted from Winifred Watson’s beloved cult novel, it sees downtrodden, middle-aged governess Miss Pettigrew (dowdy-haired Frances McDormand) about to hit the soup line unless she can bag a last, long-shot job.
It’s PA to young, dizzy, mink-for-brains nightclub singer Delysia Lafosse (a perfect Amy Adams), whose main talent is between her silk sheets. If Miss P, a spinster vicar’s daughter, is to negotiate this saucy new high society world, she must finally seize the day.
McDormand brings a Chaplinesque pathos to this snappy period comedy. Fabulous frocks, tasty men, female bonding, art deco apartments to die for; it’s like Sex And The City set in 1930s London. I could have happily watched it for hours…
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