In Her Shoes Critic Reviews
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This is the most enjoyable film of its type in recent memory.Read the full review
Starts out with the materials of an ordinary movie and becomes a rather special one.Read the full review
Manipulative, but confidently so, and improbably but consistently affecting.Read the full review
It's Hanson's astute directing that makes the film's life lessons go down painlessly, turning the smartly entertaining In Her Shoes into a comfy fit for both sexes.Read the full review
While the director's avid fans may be disappointed, upscalish mainstream auds, particularly women, will eat up this well-acted, emotionally focused adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's popular novel.Read the full review
Director Curtis Hanson has made a chick flick with substance as well as style.Read the full review
The joy of this unassuming, generous film is that it never sells out its characters' desires or ours.Read the full review
Could it be that the director of "L.A. Confidential," "Wonder Boys," and "8 Mile" has been defeated by characters on a first-name basis with brisket, by women who, in Susannah Grant's screenplay, represent avatars of joyless workaholism and joyless sexaholism?Read the full review
Entertaining enough, but it's more pat than provocative -- this is what makes it a bona fide audience pleaser while keeping it from drawing real blood.Read the full review
The people who made this film -- particularly the ones responsible for the story and the dialogue -- should look no further when trying to understand why In Her Shoes lands with such little impact. The characters seem authentic -- until the chick-flick template distorts them.Read the full review
