A film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.A film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.A film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
- Hot Tears Band Member
- (as Johnny Fedevich)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the scene in Mirabelle's bedroom where the cat jumps on the bed and watches her and Jeremy, there were actually two cats used. The director explains in his commentary that one could jump but never watched, and the other was good at watching but couldn't jump.
- GoofsThe card that Ray sends to Mirabelle reads "I would like to have dinner with you" in block print, with a signature at the bottom. When we see this card again at the very end of the movie, the signature has been replaced by "Ray Porter" in block print.
- Quotes
Ray Porter: As Ray Porter watches Mirabelle walk away he feels a loss. How is it possible, he thinks, to miss a woman whom he kept at a distance so that when she was gone he would not miss her. Only then does he realize that wanting part of her and not all of her had hurt them both and how he cannot justify his actions except that... well... it was life.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #13.53 (2005)
- SoundtracksLily & Parrots
(2003)
Written and Performed by Mark Kozelek
Published by God Forbid, BMI
Courtesy of Jetset Records
SHOPGIRL, sadly, turned out to be quite a disappointment to me. Steve Martin is one of its three protagonists; here he is also credited with the screenplay, making an adaptation from his own novel of the same name. I have always been quite a fan of Steve Martin and his films. However, SHOPGIRL left me rather perplexed. In its story-line development, it is meticulous and detailed and, as a consequence, is rather plodding and, for lack of a better word, "slow".
SHOPGIRL imparts the viewer with the constant sensation that something transcendent is just about to happen. A kind of "perpetual-motion expectation", which, when it finally does take place, ends up being utterly anti-climactic. In all fairness to SHOPGIRL, at least in one sense or another, this is, more often than not, precisely what we experience in real life! But the painful inconvenient truth here is that there already have been too many movies that have shared this "secret" of life with us.
Quite frankly, one more appears to be just one too many! Unless you are a world-class Claire Danes and/or Steve Martin fan, you'll be much better off if you avoid getting involved with SHOPGIRL!
4*.....ENJOY!/DISFRUTELA?!?!?! (If You CAN!)
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- 灰姑娘的愛情手套
- Filming locations
- 1630 Griffith Park Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(Mirabelle's apt)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,284,523
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $229,685
- Oct 23, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $11,675,161
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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