Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

This movie's being played on the HBO channels like no other and I decided to finally watch it. uh...great decision because I LOOOOVED it. This movie takes place right before WWII in London. In a nutshell, it's about a nanny who gets dropped from her employment agency for being "too difficult" and ends up working as a social secretary for an American actress. You watch the two of them spend crazy-filled day together, hence the name.

Since I love using lists to organize my thoughts....here goes another one.

Why swong liked Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day:

1. First off - it deals with the high society of London in the late 30's. Meaning the costumes and scenes are totally fab.
2. Amy Adam's character is adorable. Well, at first she's really annoying but the more you get to know her and find out about her inner struggles, the more you relate to/fall in love with her.
3. Same thing goes for Ms. Pettigrew
4. pretty boys in pretty clothes..?
5. i really like the movie's short timeframe. it's nice to think that the happenings of only one day can significantly change your life.
   
6. it's sappy but not in an omg-i-wanna-throw-up sort of way.
7. there's a happy ending! yayyyyyyy
   

So I found out that this was based on book written in 1938! (thanks google and wikipedia) Universal actually bought the rights to make it into a movie a year after it came out, 1939. But yeah...it never actually got made into movie until 2008. How weird?? It's kind of interesting that many of the issues from 70+ years ago are still relevant today. Anyways, I'm not a big fan of reading but I think i'll check it out.

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