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Oct. 12th, 2005 06:56 amThe chiropractor emailed me back with a telephone number so i'll call Passport Canada with that today and hope it doesn't take them too long to get hold of him. I'll ask them to call me to let me know if everything is ok but i don't know if they will.
Went to another movie last night with one of my best friends, Tracey, to see In Her Shoes. We both enjoyed it a lot, good movie to go see with your sister, or a girlfriend/"sistah". It's a good chick flick. Shirley MacLaine was in it too and she was, as always, wonderful. One of the few movies that Cameron Diaz didn't totally annoy me. Just a little bit. Toni Collette apparently gained 25 pounds for the movie but you'd never know it. Mind you they dressed her in baggy frumpy clothes most of the time but even so, if that's what 25 pounds looked like on her, she must have been just as rail thin as Cameron to start with. And Cameron, to be fair, doesn't seem to be skinny to the point of looking anorexic like some of them do. It's based on a book, which i read when it was first out, by Jennifer Weiner and seemed to be a fair rendition from what i can remember at least. I like her books, her lead characters are not pretty/perfect but they still always get a nice sexy guy. Or two.
Anyway, the movie.
It's about two sisters, Maggy and Rose Feller. Their mother died when they were children. Their mother had a history of mental illness and it caused a lot of upset in the house over the years. She committed suicide by driving her car into a tree, leaving her husband to bring up the two little girls. He remarried a very strident, bossy woman who seemed to be cold to her step children, very much favouring her own daughter. Maggy and Rose are very different. Maggy is beautiful, blonde, wild, free spirited, a party girl and never holds down a job for very long. Rose ends up carrying her a lot, putting up with her and getting her out of jams. Maggy also cannot read very well which is another reason why she can't hold down a job. Rose is the older sister, responsible, a lawyer, rather plain and mousy looking. She works long hours, not because she loves her job, but because she doesn't have much else in her life besides work. She does, however, have shoes. She has a closet full of carefully packaged and arranged designer shoes and boots, most of which she never wears. It's her way of shopping to make herself feel better. Shoes always fit, she tells Maggy.
As the movie starts, Rose has found herself in bed with a handsome coworker, on of the law partners, when she is interrupted by a midnight call to come pick up her drunken sister. Not for the first time it looks like. The stepmother won't allow Maggy back in so Maggy ends up at Rose's, for an unspecified length of time. Rose tries to help her find a job, Maggy leaves the place in a mess, takes money, wears Rose's shoes. Rose goes away for the weekend, dissapointed that her office fling isn't going as was originally planned and fends off an earnest young lawyer who is clearly besotted. Upon her return, she finds Maggy in bed with the law partner and it all hits the fan. Again. She throws Maggy out.
About this time, Maggy discovers the existence of her maternal grandmother who lives in a retirement community in Florida. Her father had enforced the separation over the years so the girls didn't grow up knowing she was alive. Maggy has nowhere to go and ends up with Ella, her grandmother, a widow. The rest of the movie involves Maggy and Rose both finding out who they are and finding a way back to each other. Maggy grows up and Rose loosens up. Of course there's a happy ending with a few tears along the way.
It's a girly movie, as i said. The role of Rose is perfect for Toni Collette. Cameron Diaz is pretty good in the role of Maggy, as well. I do find her annoying, i don't know what it is. Perhaps her screechy voice. She did seem to be good in the role though. Shirley MacLaine is great as the frank but kind grandmother who's got a lot of regrets and keeps her grief over her lost daughter and family very much to herself. It's funny how she was more detached meeting Maggy, suspicious, yet glad but Rose walks in for the first time and it's all smiles and hugs. It's as if Ella instinctively knows each of the young women's personality and motives. Maggy, for all her wild ways, protects herself and her secrets and Ella stays at arm's length. The Rose we first get to know is reserved and doesn't always reveal much about herself either so it's odd to see her walk right into her grandmother's arms.
There's some interaction with the other senior residents of the community. They are not portrayed as eccentric and quirky, like in some movies. They are intelligent, funny, they have feelings and relationships with each other as friends, and it's a nice addition to the movie.
Went to another movie last night with one of my best friends, Tracey, to see In Her Shoes. We both enjoyed it a lot, good movie to go see with your sister, or a girlfriend/"sistah". It's a good chick flick. Shirley MacLaine was in it too and she was, as always, wonderful. One of the few movies that Cameron Diaz didn't totally annoy me. Just a little bit. Toni Collette apparently gained 25 pounds for the movie but you'd never know it. Mind you they dressed her in baggy frumpy clothes most of the time but even so, if that's what 25 pounds looked like on her, she must have been just as rail thin as Cameron to start with. And Cameron, to be fair, doesn't seem to be skinny to the point of looking anorexic like some of them do. It's based on a book, which i read when it was first out, by Jennifer Weiner and seemed to be a fair rendition from what i can remember at least. I like her books, her lead characters are not pretty/perfect but they still always get a nice sexy guy. Or two.
Anyway, the movie.
It's about two sisters, Maggy and Rose Feller. Their mother died when they were children. Their mother had a history of mental illness and it caused a lot of upset in the house over the years. She committed suicide by driving her car into a tree, leaving her husband to bring up the two little girls. He remarried a very strident, bossy woman who seemed to be cold to her step children, very much favouring her own daughter. Maggy and Rose are very different. Maggy is beautiful, blonde, wild, free spirited, a party girl and never holds down a job for very long. Rose ends up carrying her a lot, putting up with her and getting her out of jams. Maggy also cannot read very well which is another reason why she can't hold down a job. Rose is the older sister, responsible, a lawyer, rather plain and mousy looking. She works long hours, not because she loves her job, but because she doesn't have much else in her life besides work. She does, however, have shoes. She has a closet full of carefully packaged and arranged designer shoes and boots, most of which she never wears. It's her way of shopping to make herself feel better. Shoes always fit, she tells Maggy.
As the movie starts, Rose has found herself in bed with a handsome coworker, on of the law partners, when she is interrupted by a midnight call to come pick up her drunken sister. Not for the first time it looks like. The stepmother won't allow Maggy back in so Maggy ends up at Rose's, for an unspecified length of time. Rose tries to help her find a job, Maggy leaves the place in a mess, takes money, wears Rose's shoes. Rose goes away for the weekend, dissapointed that her office fling isn't going as was originally planned and fends off an earnest young lawyer who is clearly besotted. Upon her return, she finds Maggy in bed with the law partner and it all hits the fan. Again. She throws Maggy out.
About this time, Maggy discovers the existence of her maternal grandmother who lives in a retirement community in Florida. Her father had enforced the separation over the years so the girls didn't grow up knowing she was alive. Maggy has nowhere to go and ends up with Ella, her grandmother, a widow. The rest of the movie involves Maggy and Rose both finding out who they are and finding a way back to each other. Maggy grows up and Rose loosens up. Of course there's a happy ending with a few tears along the way.
It's a girly movie, as i said. The role of Rose is perfect for Toni Collette. Cameron Diaz is pretty good in the role of Maggy, as well. I do find her annoying, i don't know what it is. Perhaps her screechy voice. She did seem to be good in the role though. Shirley MacLaine is great as the frank but kind grandmother who's got a lot of regrets and keeps her grief over her lost daughter and family very much to herself. It's funny how she was more detached meeting Maggy, suspicious, yet glad but Rose walks in for the first time and it's all smiles and hugs. It's as if Ella instinctively knows each of the young women's personality and motives. Maggy, for all her wild ways, protects herself and her secrets and Ella stays at arm's length. The Rose we first get to know is reserved and doesn't always reveal much about herself either so it's odd to see her walk right into her grandmother's arms.
There's some interaction with the other senior residents of the community. They are not portrayed as eccentric and quirky, like in some movies. They are intelligent, funny, they have feelings and relationships with each other as friends, and it's a nice addition to the movie.
