Fresh
Miss Potter is as seamless, comfortable and tidy as a Peter Rabbit story, all scones and biscuits, quietly punctuated by tolerable naughtiness.
Michael Booth, Denver Post
Miss Potter
The life of Beatrix Potter is the most enchanting tale of all.
2006 · 1h 32m · PG
Drama, Family, Romance
Directed by
Chris Noonan
Overview
Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.
Director and cast
- Chris Noonan Director
- Renée Zellweger as Beatrix Potter
- Ewan McGregor as Norman Warne
- Emily Watson as Millie Warne
- Barbara Flynn as Helen Potter
- Bill Paterson as Rupert Potter
- Matyelok Gibbs as Miss Wiggin
- Lloyd Owen as William Heelis
- Anton Lesser as Harold Warne
- David Bamber as Fruing Warne
- Phyllida Law as Mrs. Warne
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Rotten
One of those films that commits few egregious errors, but scales few real heights. There is nothing either terribly wrong or keenly right about it. It's tidy, I suppose.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rotten
The film offers scant insight into the forces that inspired Potter's phenomenally successful career.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
If the source material is soft, the film then takes another punch with the casting of Renee Zellweger in the title role. She overflows with tics and twitches that make the author seem vaguely deranged.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Fresh
With Miss Potter, Renee Zellweger has won back that precious thing that stardom rips away and the tabloids won't let you reclaim: her charm.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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