Fresh
Considering it doesn't star Maggie Smith or Judi Dench, it's surprising how mature and moving this female-focused drama is.
Amy Simmons, Time Out
In Her Shoes
Friends. Rivals. Sisters.
2005 · 2h 10m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Curtis Hanson
Overview
Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
Director and cast
- Curtis Hanson Director
- Cameron Diaz as Maggie Feller
- Toni Collette as Rose Feller
- Richard Burgi as Jim Danvers
- Candice Azzara as Sydelle Feller
- Anson Mount as Todd
- Ken Howard as Michael Feller
- Brooke Smith as Amy
- Mark Feuerstein as Simon Stein
- Terrance Christopher Jones as Lawyer
- Nicole Randall Johnson as Rose's Assistant
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
I think one reason this movie is so appealing is that it's the anti-Sex and the City-its earnestness and relative lack of rank bawdiness or cynicism seem novel in the present pop-culture atmosphere.
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
The movie gets much, much better as it goes along.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
Very well written. All the supporting performances are good.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Although In Her Shoes aims to rub along, with that scuffed worldliness which Hanson has made his own, it keeps bumping into the archness of the romantic-domestic genre.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
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