As Kate Bush once sang,
"Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, WOW!"This is a fantastic biography that seems sprung from the pen of a latter day Brontë sister...
And the film portrayal is simply exquisite. Bravo, to Chris Noonan, who waited eleven long years for this, his sophomore directorial effort, following up on his all-time children's film classic
Babe.
Miss Potter brims with humor, heart, wit, and wisdom, and perhaps best of all, Beatrix Potter's life story is eerily resonant in today's world of
Inconvenient Truth's...
Renée Zellweger excels... as always -- she is amongst our highest echelon of actresses today, right up alongside Cate Blanchett,
et al...
Ewan McGregor, splendid, provides an intriguing echo of his previous co-starring work with Ms. Zellweger in
Down By Love.
The supporting cast, lead by Emily Watson, is note perfect in their portrayal of nineteenth century socio-cultural morals. The art direction, with it's wonderfully restrained use of animation, bolsters the overall effect of an imagination made visible through the widespread quality printings of Potter's art and stories in the bestselling children's book series of all time.
How anyone who's ever perchance wept during their re-reading of
Jane Eyre, couldn't find
Miss Potter the most delightful film in a donkey's age, I'll never know...
8.5 out of 5.
{And once again, I must apologize.
Miss Potter was only just released in my town yesterday, and yet it too has vaulted onto my 2006 Top Ten Movies List. I have had to move previously selected
The Departed (an exceedingly fine film) down into my runners-up list, in this very strong year. Simultaneosly, I have come to recognize that another of my top ten picks,
World's Fastest Indian was officially released in 2005, despite it having having been released well into February 2006 - it will now be moved to a spot on my 2005 Top Ten Movies List. This will in turn be replaced by
V for Vendetta.
My revised 2006 Top Ten Movies List then looks like this:
An Inconvenient Truth
Peaceful Warrior
Little Miss Sunshine
Idiocracy (#3)
Crank
Apocalypto (#2)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Children of Men (#1)
Miss Potter
V for VendettaMy apologies for any confusion these modifications may have caused.}