'In Her Shoes': Good performances, second-rate material
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Cameron Diaz does ditzy about as well as such great screen ditzes as Goldie Hawn and Judy Holliday. So naturally she wants to do a dramatic role. She gets her chance with "In Her Shoes," a sister-act movie directed by no less a talent than Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential," "Wonder Boys"). The film is based on Jennifer Weiner's best-seller about two siblings, one responsible and "plain," the other gorgeous and fluff-headed (guess which one Diaz plays?). Rose (Toni Collette) isn't so much unattractive as a workaholic and slightly overweight. True, she has a pretty poor sexual self-image, but with a sister like Maggie (Diaz), who could blame her? Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Sisters Maggie and Rose Feller have nothing in common but their shoe size. They are best friends, but polar opposites in values, goals and style. Maggie is a party girl who barely graduated from high school; Rose is a Princeton-educated attorney at a top law firm. After a falling out, the two travel a bumpy road toward true appreciation for one another, aided along the way by the discovery of a grandmother they thought was dead.

FILM FACTS ...
20th Century Fox
'In Her Shoes'

Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, Brooke Smith
Run time: 130 minutes
Release date: Oct. 7, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for thematic material, language and some sexual content.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C
"The performances are good — especially MacLaine, who knows this isn't first-rate material but still gives it her considerable best... But so much more is gooey and lazy and just not especially smart."

Austin American-Statesman: 2 of 5 stars
"Instead of going to see this movie, you should go to the mall or your favorite shop and buy a new pair of shoes."

Middletown Journal: A
"Women might have to drag men to this movie, but the men may well thank them for it."

The Palm Beach Post: B
"Bring lots of change or at least a cellphone with you. You're going to want to call your siblings as soon as it is over."

The Palm Beach Post "Flick Chick"
"Nobody, but nobody, does silent anger and regret like Shirley MacLaine."


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