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Miss Potter

PG Released Dec 29, 2006 1h 32m Biography Drama Romance List
69% Tomatometer 131 Reviews 68% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger) overcomes many obstacles in her quest to become a writer, including a domineering mother and the chauvinism prevalent in Victorian England. She falls in love with her publisher, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor), and his marriage proposal and a subsequent tragedy change her life forever. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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A charming biopic that maintains its sweetness even in sadder moments.

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Cliff Doerksen Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle Enchanting, perhaps, but a long, long way from meaningful. Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 17, 2007 Full Review Dallas Morning News Rated: B- Mar 17, 2007 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...boasts terrific work from both Zellweger and McGregor that’s heightened by their palpable chemistry together... Rated: 3/4 Aug 5, 2023 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation These days, it plays as quaint and gloriously dated, an echo of a time when flawlessly-realized recreations of Edenic England were something worth striving for and films investors could be talked into. Rated: 3/4 May 13, 2021 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Always accessible in a Downton-Abbey-goes-to-Play-School kind of way, as evidenced by Renée Zellweger's chipper portrayal of Potter as a bustle-skirted bundle of squinty smiles and sudden blushes. Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 24, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dani G Just the type of film I was expecting. Not bad, but we've seen this before Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review John P As an artist I was surprised to learn Miss Potter not only came up with the stories of Peter Rabbit etc. but also did her own illustrations & found this film very delightful to watch, as it had a Disney type mood to it by adding animation effects to some of the scenes where her drawings took center stage & I thought the acting was perfect as well as the scenery & felt it should of done better at the box office than it did! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/03/24 Full Review Audience Member While certainly not the most groundbreaking biopic in the world and not as memorable as Babe, which was from the same director, Miss Potter is still a really well-done film with goid direction, well-realised production values, great performances - I think Renee Zellweger just wanted an excuse to pretend to be British again - and a tone that's sweet and optimistic without being saccharine making a tragedy that I genuinely didn't know about hit all the more harder. In other words, a movie that did a better job doing beloved author Beatrix Potter justice than two Peter Rabbit movies released a decade later. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review yannis a A Tribute To The Remarkable Miss Potter. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review michael t I really liked this- a straightforward and uplifting story for a change. I'm not a huge Renee Zellweger fan, but she was good in this. Also enjoyed seeing Ewan MacGregor. He did a great job in his role. A nice period piece. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Still charming... same as it was when i first watch it when I was a kid, which, I think, is the greatest thing you can get from a movie like this one, it throw you back, right into the quite afternoons of your childhood. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger) overcomes many obstacles in her quest to become a writer, including a domineering mother and the chauvinism prevalent in Victorian England. She falls in love with her publisher, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor), and his marriage proposal and a subsequent tragedy change her life forever.
Director
Chris Noonan
Producer
David Kirschner, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Corey Sienega, David Thwaites
Screenwriter
Richard Maltby Jr.
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Grosvenor Park Productions, Phoenix Pictures, UK Film Council, David Kirschner Productions
Rating
PG (Brief Mild Language)
Genre
Biography, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 29, 2006, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.0M
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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