In Her Shoes Movie

Director:
Curtis Hanson

Writers (WGA):
Jennifer Weiner (novel)
Susannah Grant (screenplay)

Release Date:
7 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance

Cast :
* Cameron Diaz as Maggie Feller
* Toni Collette as Rose Feller
* Shirley MacLaine as Ella Hirsch
* Ken Howard as Michael Feller
* Candice Azzara as Sydelle Feller
* Richard Burgi as Jim Danvers
* Anson Mount as Todd
* Mark Feuerstein as Simon Stein
* Eric Balfour as Grant
* Alan Blumenfeld as Mr. Stein
* Ivana Milicevic as Caroline
* Norman Lloyd as The Professor
* Jennifer Weiner as Smiling woman in Italian market

Original Sound Track :
1. Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Richard Jah Ace and The Sons of Ace)
2. Stupid Girl (Garbage)
3. Spanish Grease (Willie BoBo)
4. Theme from Jaws
5. Musica Feliz (Rodomaal feat. Nicinha)
6. I Got You Babe (Richard Jah Ace and The Sons of Ace)
7. Is This Love (Richard Jah Ace and The Sons of Ace)
8. No Regrets (The Von Bondies)
9. Sitting in Limbo (Jimmy Cliff)
10. Mother Liza (Leroy Smart)
11. Collide (Rachael Yamagata)
12. Minuet No. 5 in E Major
13. Waltz from Coppelia
14. Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
15. You Make Me Feel So Young
16. Spiritual Healing (Toots & The Maytals)
17. The Best of Everything

Plot :
In this screen adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's bestselling novel, Toni Collette (MURIEL'S WEDDING) is Rose Feller, an overweight, overworked, and painfully undersexed lawyer who fills an emotional void with pints of Haagen-Dazs and a closetful of expensive shoes that she never wears. Little sis Maggie (an always radiant Cameron Diaz), who is prone to public drunkenness, one-night stands, and wearing lingerie as outerwear, is as lacking in career prospects as her sister is in romantic ones. When her irresponsible behavior gets her kicked out of her father's house by her spiteful stepmother, Maggie has nowhere to crash but her elder sister's couch. But, after she ignites a series of disasters ranging from the minor to the catastrophic, Maggie is cast out by her angry older sibling, with no job, no money, and no one to take her in. She finds a stash of hidden letters in her father's desk drawer that enable her to track down her estranged grandmother (the wonderfully centered Shirley MacLaine) in a Florida retirement community, hoping to use her impressive skills of manipulation and false charm to financial benefit. While Maggie begins to adapt to life as a nubile young fish in the waters of shuffleboard and wheelchairs, Rose, up in the wintry north, quits her stifling job and begins her own personal transformation. Both women's paths to spiritual growth and self-actualization might ring false if handled by less nuanced performers and a flashier director, but here they are subtle enough to be both inspiring and realistic. Director Curtis Hanson has proven to be a flexible artist, jumping from genre to genre with the prowess and confidence of those studio directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. With IN HER SHOES, the man behind L.A. CONFIDENTIAL and 8 MILE elevates the "chick flick" out of that pigeonhole, crafting a story of surprising depth and universal appeal.

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