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In Her Shoes

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Village Vidiot

Our daughter selected this story of two sisters, gorgeous/dyslexic/party girl/user/slut/failure Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and plain/style-challenged/hardworking/lawyer Rose (Toni Collette). They share a shoe size. Maggie is thrown out of her father’s home, comes to live with Rose, sleeps with her ‘boyfriend’ and wrecks that bad relationship, gets thrown out again, and then tracks down their ‘lost’ grandmother, Shirley MacLaine, who’s living/working in a Florida retirement community. It’s a film about finding your place, your skills, accepting yourself, growing, and responsibility. PG-13 for language and scenes (and it was!). Still, not the worst thing for a young woman to see. Especially meaningful since b selected it. I found it hard to watch to see someone as amoral as ‘early Maggie’ as she steals from her family members, lies to them, uses them, and abuses their trust without conscience. The change is, of course, for the better, but it is not really believable. Still, it’s a good film. Nice acting by the older pros also make this a fun film to watch as they supply the wit and wisdom

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