Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day stars Amy Adams (Sunshine Cleaning, Superman Man of Steel) and Frances McDormand (Almost Famous, Fargo). The film was sold on these two names, choosing to not highlight the participation of actors such as Ciaran Hinds (The Woman In Black, Munich), Mark Strong (Stardust, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes) and Shirley Henderson (Shakespeare retold, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Bridget Jones' Diary) who otherwise probably would have sold the film instantly. Released in 2008, did this film even reach anyone's ears? I know what I was doing in 2008 but what were you doing? Did the posters make it on to the side of the buses, did you see the adverts?
Two women who seem to be playing a game with men meet by chance. Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) picks up the business card left on the desk (not intended for her) and goes off to the address written on it only to find that the Lady of the house is juggling many men whilst attempting to hide any hint of it from the man that she is living with. A gorgeous woman with a stunning voice eventually finds that she can't keep every man happy so one finds himself another blonde woman and the other two fight it out for her.
The music is exquisite in this film. Amy Adams has one hell of a singing voice, something that is not particularly well known about her and she is gorgeous in this film. Everything that she wears looks good on her. The combination of both the women is a fantastic blend of age and beauty. As always there is that one man that wins your heart, wins the woman and then makes everything perfect in the end and that man was Ciaran Hinds. Eventually pushing away the sly likes of Edyth (Shirley Henderson) and navigating himself to Miss Pettigrew the film ends perfectly, in that fairytale happy ever after that we secretly want.
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