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(1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1   3/5 "frequently overreaches"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron B+ "Amy Adams is strawberry bubble gum and doesn't just chase after the performance, she boards it like a rocket and blasts off. It's equal parts adorability, cunning allure, and million-dollar charm."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf B+ "Frances McDormand executive produced this deft and sophisticated screwball comedy that's more than just a perfect movie for grandmothers."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "That it ends up reinforcing the fictions instead of reframing or rethinking them is the movie's greatest disappointment, and even so, it seems trivial."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "...the pronounced emphasis on the amorous escapades of both Miss Pettigrew and Delysia slowly but surely breathes some much needed life into an otherwise stale affair."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is terminally pleasant. Granted, pleasant isn't a bad thing, but the film calls for a looser, more wild side that never quite comes."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B+ "As light and pleasant as a summer breeze and almost as weightless."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B "It's not the cinema of the century, but it's delicious and it melts in your mouth."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B "Really nothing more than a bright, sugary confection, but one that goes down easily."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "An effervescent romantic comedy that sparkles and delights."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "Miss Pettigrew is a feel-good production that strives and succeeds to put smiles on the faces of its viewers."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day may be a fairly small-scale comedy, but it delivers tremendous satisfaction, and that's a victory in and of itself ..."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 3/4 "What a difference a day makes in this cheeky comedy of manners."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 2/4 "Brisk, peppy, light on its feet, and trying awfully hard to be reminiscent of a fast-talking Depression-era rags-to-riches comedy, the film can be best described as inoffensive."   Slant Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 2/5 "Adiafori komenti kostoymion, gia tin alitheia kai tin alithino-tita tis agapis sta hronia tis haotikis apostasis tis mpoyrzoyazias kai tis kallitehnikis ergatias."   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2/5 "The film substitutes speed for camaraderie and cleverness."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner C+ "...a lighter than air concoction that plays like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes crossed with Pocketful of Miracles. This broad farce is an enjoyable meringue of a movie albeit one of little staying power."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/5 "Director Bharat Nalluri keeps the misunderstandings and ruses of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day going at a quick tempo."   UR Chicago Magazine   Mark Dujsik B- "Shot in widescreen, all the better to appreciate the swanky art deco sets, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day can feel static...but the wonderful lead actresses provide the momentum that the composition and editing fail to provide."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 6/10 "Somehow the characters never manage to make it all the way to likable. This film works as a quick throwaway comedy, only 90 minutes long, but is likely to be quickly forgotten."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "Modern movies seem to feel that women should pay for their independence by suffering and fretting over it, but there's not a whiff of that depressing and unfair attitude here, which is... delightfully refreshing."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B+ "It may be traditional, but it is not the slightest bit musty."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 3/5 "It does have its charms and while I can't entirely recommend it, I am not exactly sorry that I saw it."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/4 "A triumphant lark."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Miss Pettigrew is one of those rare cases where a filmmaker's good intentions, and the enthusiasm of his actors, are enough to fill in the cracks."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "It's wonderfulness on a rampage."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 7/10 "It's a little obvious that director Bharat Nalluri hasn't really worked in farce before."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1