Movie-Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

I did not know I was getting two Amy Adams movies back to back, I barely know Amy Adams, but it happened.

Miss Pettigrew (2008) stars Amy Adams and Frances McDormand, as the title character).
It is an interesting and fun film, seemingly light-hearted. But there is a lot of social commentary under the surface. The differences between rich and poor, shown finely in a scene where WWII has started. And even more, the role of women, and how they are many times treated like chattel, bought and owned and sold by men, in one form or another.

So the film plays on many different levels. I think Frances McDormand is a great actress, and she does a find job here as the desperate governess conning her way into a job as a ingenues (Adams) social secretary.

The movie is fun, if a bit predictable. All the main characters do great, especially, McDormand, Adams and Lee Pace (of Pushing Daisies fame). All in all, a nice bit of movie making.