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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

3/09/2006

In Her Shoes (2005)

I'm just so surprised that this film failed to find an audience. Do girlfriends not have movie nights any more?

Toni Collette is, as ever, wonderful here. I was moved by her character: the girl who never felt as though she could quite measure up in the dating world, so she's dependable and successful and hard-working instead. I get that. I lived that. Cameron Diaz is also quite good as a lazy loser who relies on her sister to rescue her whenever she needs it -- which is often.

The movie cruises along at a decent clip that puts both women into phases of change quickly. I enjoyed both journeys -- loved seeing them each believably morph into more satisfying selves. It may be a chick flick, but it's not disposable. It deserves to be seen.

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