Christina Ricci
Penelope Wilhern
Search results
Penelope is a very cute film, I was very impressed with the story, there were some things I was a little disappointed in, like how they just abandoned some characters for no reason. But I think it's hard to fit it in a short film, still I think it could have been edited better.
Metacritic gives the film a weighted average rating of 48%, based on 29 reviews — indicating mixed or average reviews. Box office. The film premiered September 8, 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was also shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007. The film opened in Russia and Ukraine in August 2007.
Feb 29, 2008 · Penelope: Directed by Mark Palansky. With Richard E. Grant, Catherine O'Hara, Nick Prideaux, Michael Feast. 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 accept her as one of their own."
- (66K)
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Mark Palansky
- 2008-02-29
Apr 2, 2024 · What will happen to a girl who has lived in seclusion all her life when she finally discovers the world? Can the curse truly be broken or will Penelope find another way? REVIEW. From my first viewing of Penelope years ago, I was instantly charmed.
Although the movie has an unsteady storyline and may very well fail to win over some (there is some terrible over-acting from several less important characters at the start, when they ridiculously dive out of glass windows), the many romance fans out there will find no fault in this dramatic, yet slightly predictable movie.
- Caitlin Maggs
- PG
- Mark Palansky
Feb 29, 2008 · Feb. 29, 2008. “Cinderella” meets “The Ugly Duckling” in “Penelope,” a muddled, charm-free fairy tale whose title character, played by Christina Ricci, is a rich girl born with the snout of a...
As a modern fairy tale Penelope has a gentle touch, and while flat in places it's definitely more silk purse than sow's ear. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a film with an eponymous heroine, Penelope takes after Cinderella. Thus, there is a curse, and, as is tradition, an expectation of a Prince Charming to rescue her.
