Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Every woman will have her day.
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
Wokeness: 0%
Overall Score: 80%
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Michaels
Anti-woke chick flick
My wife is rebelling against my alien invasion / post-apocalyptic movies, so I threw her a bone with this chick flick. It's surprisingly entertaining even for me.
Amy Adams looks like a young Nicole Kidman, very beautiful. Her character is a 1940's "Instagram thot", whereas the frumpy lead is uber conservative. The thot is mostly punished for her harlotting ways. Some of the conservative woman's values rub off on the thot by the end, as she realizes the folly of her lifestyle. And the conservative woman gets a reward for living right. So, this is actually a nice anti-woke story.
If you are not British, you will probably want to put on subtitles. I normally don't have much of a problem with British accents, but they speak quickly and mumble in this film. The Kidman clone's character is American, but speaks with a Mid-Atlantic accent, which is a fake "movie star" accent that is halfway between American and British; American actresses learned this accent in the era that this film took place, a nice attention to detail.
Created: 02-15-2024