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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
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PG13,1hr 32min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
March 7, 2008
Director:
Bharat Nalluri
Distributor:
Focus Features
Starring:
Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace  ...more
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Synopsis: A late-'30s-era London governess hired to work in the home of a high-profile nightclub chanteuse gets a taste of the good life when she is assigned the task of sorting out the singer's many unseemly affairs in a period comedy starring Frances McDormand and adapted from the novel by Winifred Watson. Unfairly and unceremoniously dismissed from her latest position without so much as a penny of severance pay, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (McDormand) realizes that in order to stay financially afloat she'll ... Full Synopsis
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Adams shines brightly, reinforcing the image she projected in Junebug and enhanced in Enchanted and Charlie Wilson's War. At this time of the year, it's tough to find a more diverting way to spend 90 minutes in a multiplex. Full Review
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63
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 27 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Frances McDormand
Miss Guinevere Pettigrew, Miss Pettigrew
Amy Adams
Delysia, Delysia Lafosse
Lee Pace
Michael
Ciarán Hinds
Joe
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Shirley Henderson, left, in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" (Focus Features)
Frances McDormand, left, Amy Adams and Shirley Henderson in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" (Focus...
Mark Strong in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" (Focus Features)
Frances McDormand in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" (Focus Features)
Lee Pace in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" (Focus Features)
Amy Adams in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" (Focus Features)
Frances McDormand in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" (Focus Features)
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