Penelope, the girl with the pigs face

Advantages: a nice warming storyline, great cast, good filming.
Disadvantages: Not the best film in the world, and not enough promotion!

... PENELOPE Film Only Review Details: Directed by: Mark Palansky Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy Release Date: 1 February 2008 Runtime: 104 minutes Classification: U Starring: Richard E Grant Catherine o Hara Christina Ricci James McAvoy Plot: The Wilhern family have been cursed. 5 generations ago, a scandal in the family caused a witch to curse the family saying that the first born female would have the face of a pig. But from then until the time the film is set, there were no girls born in the Wilhern family, until, Penelope. The curse made Penelope have the face of a pig, and would only wear off once "one of her own" loved her for who she was. Everyone wanted to see the girl with the pigs nose and ears, but her mother was ashamed, she didn't want her daughter to be seen...

stephbond89 18.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Penelope (DVD)

~~The finest performance of Penelope Cruz~~

Advantages: Perfectly directed with exceptional talented women
Disadvantages: None except that you are encourage to watch it again

...I WATCHED THIS FILM late last year in a widescreen at Queens Film Theatre (Belfast). Every year, the theatre holds a film festival that feature selected international productions like from Romania, France, USA, Australia, Norway Canada and Spain. I do love movies and if there is an opportunity to attend these film festivals, I will really fix my schedule to make sure that I could watch all the films featured in the festival. So after reading the film guide flyer and without any hesitation, I decided to settle with 'Volver' - a Spanish production and Penelope Cruz in the cast which Cruz was nominated in this year's Oscar award for best actress. Frankly, I don't have any idea about the Spanish director and the rest of the cast, except for Penelope whom I had a crush on her since I have seen her first Hollywood starring role. The last time...

digitalenvironmentalist 21.03.2007 · Read review
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Penelope - Not Up To Scratch

Advantages: Can't think of any...
Disadvantages: Bland, inane dialogue, no character depth.

...Director: Mark Palansky Writer: Leslie Caveny Genre: Comedy - Fantasy - Romance Country: US/USA Certification: U Language: English Released: 26th May, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Christina Ricci (Penelope) Richard E. Grant (Franklin Wilhern) Catherine O'Hara (Jessica Wilhern) James McAvoy (Johnny / Max) Reese Witherspoon (Annie) Peter Dinklage (Lemon) Simon Woods (Edward Humphrey Vanderman III) Following the despicable actions of a Wilhern who professed to love a family servant and went on to impregnate her and then toss her aside, the Wilhern family is cursed by the servant's mother after she commits suicide. The mother is, in actual fact, a witch, and puts a curse on the family - the first female child of a Wilhern will be born with the face of a pig, and the curse cannot be broken unless she is accepted by...

GoFigure 10.06.2008 · Read review
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Penelope - True love is directly under your NOSE

Advantages: all good
Disadvantages: none

...I am reviewing the DVD - Penelope - The Story The story of a beautiful young girl who was cursed before she was even born. An evil witch placed a curse on a family who rejected her daughter. The curse would only be placed on the next born daughter of the family, so over the years, only men were born into the family until penelope was born. The curse woud transform her beauty so that she would have the nose of a pig, and only true love will transform her back into her real beauty. But who could love a pig? Christina Ricci Stars as Penelope, the cursed daughter, who grew up hidden in her house with her parents and butlers - as she was to much for the public to deal with. Over the years, the mother is preparing her for the day her transformation will be turned back, setting her up on dates, matchmaking etc to try and find...

lesleyanne18 18.01.2009 · Read review
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Taio Cruz : Departure

Advantages: Fantastic Lyrics
Disadvantages: Not suitable for all....

...Introduction: This is the brand new album from the great Nigerian born British singer that is Taio Cruz. One of my most favourite artists in Britain brings us his fanatical album "Departure" with all of your favourite songs that reached the charts in the past several years. What Songs Are Featured On This Album? Well , there are many songs featured on the alubm that gets you in the mood for the day to come. Every song on the album makes the buy more worth it. Songs on the album are Moving On , So Cold , I Just Wanna Know , Fly Away , Can't say go , I Don't Wanna Fall In ove , Driving Me Crazy , Never Gonna Get Us , I'll Never Love Again , and this brilliant album also features the chart breaking "I Can Be" and the fantastic "Come On Girl". These songs each of their own uniqueness which makes them all the more better to listen to...

Jordan2493 26.08.2008 · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Is this a severe side effect of Swine Flu ?

Advantages: A good family film with a moral involved
Disadvantages: Very predictable

... This is a film only review of the film Penelope I don't know about you but the regular channels on the TV have been pretty dire lately. Thank goodness that I have Sky Movies!!! After coming home from a couple of days away with the option of Police Booking Motorists or some such muck, political propaganda, American rubbish and Harry Potter AGAIN (we have all the DVD's already) we checked on Sky Anytime and decided to watch the family film 'Penelope'. Penelope is classed as a modern-day fairy tale and it is written by Leslie Caverny, produced by Reese Witherspoon and directed by Mark Palansky. I couldn't actually tell you where it is set, the setting was an unclear place that seems to be America, but then there are so many British actors in it that it could almost just as easily be England (Surprisingly though James...

oldchem 03.09.2009 (09.09.2009) · Read review
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* Penel-Oink-Y*

Advantages: Magical
Disadvantages: Middle Bit Drags on Slightly!

...I was flicking through a magazine one day , when my attention was caught by one of the pages : Staring back at me was a young girl, covering her nose with her hand. The page was advertising a new film called Penelope. I immediately decided that I would like to see this film as it looked like a 'magical , fairytale' kind of movie. Although , as usual , I never actually got round to seeing the film in the cinema , I was eager to borrow the DVD when my friend told me that she owned a copy! Penelope is a romantic , comedy and fantasy movie released in the United Kingdom on February 1st 2008. This film stars young actress , Christina Ricci as well as a few other well known actors and actresses including Reese Witherspoon and James McAvoy. Running time of this movie is one hundred and four minutes (sixteen minutes under two hours). This...

xdonzx 18.08.2009 · Read review
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A Pig's Ear of a Film

Advantages: A reasonable central premise.
Disadvantages: Poor direction, writing, acting and effects.

...Penelope is the only daughter of the wealthy Franklin and Jessica. But she is afflicted by a family curse that can only be broken when she is loved by ?one of her own kind?. In an attempt to break the curse her parents supply her with a seemingly endless stream of aristocratic suitors who all run away screaming when they catch sight of her. Hidden away in her family?s palatial home she longs for a normal life. Then she meets the charming Max Campion, but when she discovers his involvement with an undercover reporter, she runs away from home. She is befriended by Annie and begins to experience real life for the first time? ?Penelope? is a film that feels old-fashioned and not necessarily in a good way. It comes across as one of those Children?s Television Workshop productions they used to show on the BBC on Friday afternoons, rather than...

afy9mab 25.08.2009 · Read review
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