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Only the most curmudgeonly won't delight in this tender, inventive movie -- Miss Potter.There aren't many movies that one can recommend to all of his or her friends, but Miss Potter may be the rare exception.It has flair, style, and humanity.Rene Zellwegger -- not everyone's favorite -- only occasionally simpers in her sensitive, forceful performance as writer Beatrix Potter.Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson fit perfectly into their very likable characters.The direction, screenplay, and art direction are all first-rate. And the sparing use of animation is wonderful. Peter Rabbit never looked so charming.

Suffused like most films set more than sixty years ago in a warm nostalgic glow (immersed in a twee score by Nigel Westlake), it fortunately has a robust Beatrix Potter in Renee Zellweger surrounded by the usual classy British cast in this beguiling precursor to 'Saving Mr Banks', in which, like Calvin in 'Calvin and Hobbes', she hallucinates that her imaginary friends have a life of their own that others do not see.Potter lived to see 'Dumbo' and 'Bambi', and it would be interesting to know if she saw them and, if so, what she made of them. But while P.L.Travers desperately needed the money, Potter was wealthy enough to be able to tell Disney to get lost when in 1936 he approached her while also pursuing a vocation as an early eco-warrior.

A gorgeous little family movie that is inspiring as it is touching. It tells the story of Beatrix Potter, the successful author of children's stories such as Peter Rabbit. She was played extremely well by Renee Zelweeger (Bridget Jones.) The story tells that she falls in love with her publisher portrayed by Ewan McGregor who decided it was time to put on a very fake mustache and hang up the Jedi robes and put away the lightsaber. I can recommend this movie to anyone and is a great family movie for adults and kids (that is rated G!) The landscape scenes are to die for and the story reminds me of another classic movie 'Shadowlands' which is much the same except it tells the story of C.S. Lewis who wrote Narnia. Both movies were excellent and are a must see for a weekend night.