In Her Shoes (2005)

Fresh and Exciting

A Masterpiece!

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

.........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA...and ORLANDO, FL **** MAY Contain a Couple MINOR Spoilers **** Cameron Diaz amazes in this delightful little film. ALERT! For all men! "In Her Shoes" is the perfect movie to see with all the important women in your life: Wife or girlfriend(s), daughters, sisters, mother, mother- in-law, aunts, cousins, friends and grandmothers! You've got my 100% guarantee that all of them will love it! So you can please them all and treat yourself to some eye candy, too, because scenes abound with Cameron Diaz romping around in a scant bikini in this rather amusing and interesting story which interweaves a patchwork of unusual family ties.Diaz plays Maggie, the very attractive inveterate party-girl. Rose (Toni Collette), the successful workaholic lawyer, plays counterpoint to her sister, Maggie. When an industrial size faux pas, committed by Maggie, drives a Grand Canyon size wedge between these polar opposite siblings, Maggie tempestuously decides to cut ties with Rose and relocate to Miami in order to seek out her estranged grandmother (Shirley Maclaine) whom she has not seen since she was a little girl. The sisters take advantage of this forced hiatus in their relationship to achieve personal growth and self- improvement. Fate, as it so often does in real life, plays an important role both in the development of the story and in the lives of its characters.The nuanced on-screen chemistry between the three leading characters is exquisite! "SHOES" shows some rather original and interesting elements. Observing the artistic growth of Cameron Diaz over the years, I now consider her an exceptional actor. Here, Diaz fleshes out her character; converting each action and reaction into world-class natural! In one close-up, her face fills the entire screen,at a moment when Maggie is feeling extremely tired and stressed. She clearly projects a frail, aging fatigue at the precise real-time twilight of her youth! Not many Divas would lend themselves to such a scenario to improve a scene! 8.5* 8*…....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA! Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en Español, are most welcome! ....

I saw this movie more than 5 times. why? simply because it is simple light but deep and touching. Cameron Diaz is not just very pretty in the movie, but her acting was amazing. the movie is about two sisters, the older is the caring,serious and hardworking one that take care of her young sister(Cameron Diaz) which is the naughty girl. the young sister (Diaz) sleeps with her sister's boy friend and she discovers, the two sisters separate and each one goes on her own way, the old sister focuses on her work while Diaz goes to her grand mother to live with and here it is like a new start for the movie. in the movie there are many touching scenes and some comedy as well, the scene when the old sister get married and Diaz read a poem for her.. that poem is a one she read when she was a nurse for an old man who asked her to read it for him. i loved that line very much,the man taught her to read and after he dies and when her sister was getting married at the end she read it for her in a really touching scene. the movie in general is all about the sister's relationship and with the family. i love that movie so much, this movie is worth watching,watch it at night, give it a try and please when you watch it there have to be be no noise, if you want just one word to describe it very accurately.. this word is;WARM.

This film is classified in several spots including the local video store as a romantic comedy which is absurd. There is very little comedy to this thorough drama and its a little dark to be considered a romantic film. Regardless it turns a terrific, must see film that has some powerful performances and some really great lessons on family, love, and life. It is sort of a coming of age story for a middle aged woman. While the film might seem like a women only kind of adventure there is absolutely redeemable qualities for any movie goer. Entertaining and powerful and moving and Cameron Diaz wearing next to nothing throughout the entire film, good enough guys? But movie going should almost exclusively be about entertainment and this one really knocks it out of the park. Actually I'm surprised it didn't get more awards than it did besides a pity Golden Globe nomination for Shirley MacLaine. The film goes from two sisters at great odds, to a woman finding herself to a granddaughter and grandmother renewing an age old relationship. The women in the film are strong and classy and the characters definitely multi-dimensional.I am the world's biggest Cameron Diaz fan but she really belts it out of the park in this film. She is brilliant as the free spirited and completely lost Maggie. I know she has the acting chops but sometimes it really gets buried in her less than desirable run of the mill roles she takes. I think the ensemble cast helps bring each other up in every way. Toni Collette is really terrific as the together sister Rose. Her character has amazing range in this film and she really finds her way throughout the film. She goes through some incredible emotions and experiences throughout the film and while Rose is a very awkward person you will learn to love her. Much like the film it is immediately easier to relate to Diaz but Collette wins you over. Shirley MacLaine plays the estranged Grandmother and she is good in her role. I didn't mean to imply earlier she wasn't but her performance isn't the best in the film by any means and she doesn't get a lot of really great scenes but certainly she raises the standard for the cast I am sure. The supporting cast truly shines in this film too. Francine Beers is truly terrific as the best friend of MacLaine's Ella. Jerry Adler, Richard Burgi, Candice Azzara, and Ken Howard are amazing in their individual roles no matter how small. They carry the film easily and support the lead cast amazingly. Mark Feuerstein is the romantic interest of Collette. The two of them have an awkward clumsy chemistry but it fits their characters.While I have never read the original novel I can only imagine that the film makers must have really captured the great aspects of the novel. Screenwriter Susannah Grant has loads of talent. This is the woman who penned enormous successes like Erin Brockovich, The Soloist (recently reviewed), 28 Days, Everafter (hey I liked it), and a writer for Party of Five. She has to be given kudos because she can handle comedy and drama like an expert. Same could be said for the talent of director Curtis Hanson. Granted I have never seen anything of his that I can rave about but he still has had a lot of experience with drama and talent. I think this is one of those rare films where everyone and everything is in the right place at the right time. Guys if you really want to impress your lady pick this one up and if you let yourself you'll truly enjoy the story and ladies if you need a movie for chick night you will find little else as good as this terrific drama! 8.5/10

Once you know chronic problems faced by certain trades, you will notice how some projects reach to do some necessary thing. For instance, filming people around a dinner table is rarely done well, and almost never with great effect. So watch what the filmmaker does to change the geometry so that the shot can be other than ordinary.There is a similar problem with the ordinary fold of "writer within." This isn't quite as ordinary a fold as the young person striving to give a good performance of some kind, but it is ordinary. In this fabulation, the story you are seeing has been written by one of the characters within. Often you are alerted to this fact by a voice-over at the beginning, telling you that this is remembered. The problem is that in the story, you have to somehow introduce the fact that the character will become the writer. This fact is often shoehorned in using profound and uncomfortable stretches. This is a traditional redemption story, put in a woman's context. The failed soul in question — and our candidate to be the writer — is a promiscuous drunk who selfishly destroys lives.It is no surprise that she will be redeemed and that her relationship with her sister will be healed. The only suspense is in how they work in the writer angle. Here's how: she is damaged because she is dyslexic, and is essentially unable to read. She ends up as a reader to a bedridden, blind, kindly professor of literature, who is patient as she reads and who teaches her the joys of the printed word. This mostly happens offscreen because the target audience is closer to the before than the after.This experience, and the missing motherly love transform our lost girl into the writer of this affecting story. Diaz is typecast.Toni is always astonishing.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.