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Miss Potter

  • 20062006
  • PGPG
  • 1h 28m
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Renée Zellweger in Miss Potter (2006)
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The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.
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    • Chris Noonan
    • Richard Maltby Jr.
  • Stars
    • Renée Zellweger
    • Ewan McGregor
    • Emily Watson
    • Chris Noonan
    • Richard Maltby Jr.
  • Stars
    • Renée Zellweger
    • Ewan McGregor
    • Emily Watson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 170User reviews
    • 123Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    Renée Zellweger and Emily Watson in Miss Potter (2006)
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    Renée Zellweger in Miss Potter (2006)
    Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger in Miss Potter (2006)
    Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger in Miss Potter (2006)
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    Renée Zellweger
    Renée Zellweger
    • Beatrix Potter
    Ewan McGregor
    Ewan McGregor
    • Norman Warne
    Emily Watson
    Emily Watson
    • Millie Warne
    Barbara Flynn
    Barbara Flynn
    • Helen Potter
    Bill Paterson
    Bill Paterson
    • Rupert Potter
    Matyelok Gibbs
    • Miss Wiggin
    Lloyd Owen
    Lloyd Owen
    • William Heelis
    Anton Lesser
    Anton Lesser
    • Harold Warne
    David Bamber
    David Bamber
    • Fruing Warne
    Phyllida Law
    Phyllida Law
    • Mrs. Warne
    Patricia Kerrigan
    • Fiona
    Lucy Boynton
    Lucy Boynton
    • Young Beatrix
    Oliver Jenkins
    • Young Bertram
    Justin McDonald
    Justin McDonald
    • Young Heelis
    Judith Barker
    • Hilda
    Niffy Boyask
    • Jane
    • (as Jennifer Castle)
    Chris Middleton
    Chris Middleton
    • Saunders
    • (as Christopher Middleton)
    Lynn Farleigh
    Lynn Farleigh
    • Lady Sybil
      • Chris Noonan
      • Richard Maltby Jr.
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    • Trivia
      Beatrix Potter's "Hill Top" house as portrayed in this movie is actually "Yew Tree Farm" near the town of Coniston (part of the Lake District), which was owned by Potter in the 1930s. You can visit the real Hill Top house which is owned by Britain's National Trust.
    • Goofs
      Norman actually proposed to Beatrix in a letter, and her parents never softened their opposition to the match.
    • Quotes

      Beatrix Potter: Stories don't always end where their authors intended. But there is joy in following them, wherever they take us.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of Miss Potter (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      When You Taught Me How to Dance
      Performed by Katie Melua

      Written by Nigel Westlake, Mike Batt and Richard Maltby

      Produced and Arranged by Mike Batt

      Recording Engineer Steve Sale

      Another Name Music (ASCAP)

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    7/10
    Beautiful Film
    In 1902, in London, the spinster Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger) is a thirty-six year-old woman who lives with her bourgeois parents. Her snobbish mother Helen Potter (Barbara Flynn) had introduced several bachelors to Beatriz until she was twenty years old but she turned them all down.

    Beatrix Potter has been drawing animals and making up stories about them since she was a child but her parents has never recognized her as an artist. One day, Miss Potter offers her stories to a print house and the rookie publisher Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor) is delighted with her tales and publishes her first children's book.

    The successful selling leads Norman to publish two other books and Miss Potter becomes the best friend of his single sister Millie Warne (Emily Watson). Sooner they fall in love with each other but Helen does not accept that her daughter marries a "trader". However, Beatrix's father Rupert Potter (Bill Paterson) proposes that his daughter spends the summer with his wife and him in their country house in Lake District and if she is still interested in Norman after the summertime, he would bless their marriage. When Miss Potter stops receiving letters from Norman, she is disappointed. Until the day she receives a letter from Millie explaining what had happened to Norman.

    "Miss Potter" is a beautiful film about the life of the British writer of children's books Helen Beatrix Potter. This writer is not popular in Brazil and "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was only published in Portuguese in 2009.

    I saw "Miss Potter" without knowing that it was biographical and I found very sad when she loses Norman. However, Renée Zellweger once again has a magnificent performance in the role of a woman ahead of her time. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Miss Potter"
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    • Release date
      • March 9, 2007 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Isle of Man
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Phoenix Pictures
      • UK Film Council
      • Grosvenor Park Media
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • DTS

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