Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
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PG13,1hr 32min
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March 7, 2008
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Focus Features
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
Critics' Reviews
Todd McCarthy, Variety.com
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"After an unpromising first act of misfired comedy, the London-set tale ... eventually builds enough steam to pay off emotionally." Full Review
By David Germain, Associated Press
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"After a slow and tiresome start, [the film] forges ahead with true British fortitude and class, an endearing bond forming between McDormand and Adams ..." Full Review
Featured Cast
Miss Guinevere Pettigrew, Miss Pettigrew
Delysia, Delysia Lafosse
Michael
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