I am tempted to rate this film low simply for that horrible faux moustache they've pasted on poor Ewan McGregor! That said, this is a harmless little film constructed in a feel-good fashion about one of the world's most famous children storytellers, Beatrix Potter and her Tales of Peter Rabbit. Directed by Chris Noonan ("Babe") and starring Renee Zellweger (doing her usual forced English accent and pinched face), the film recounts Potter's childhood, unique (for the time) women's perspective and drive, and her relationship with publisher Norman Warne. The one dramatic moment in this film (and sorry, there is just one) comes when the engaged Potter hears her betrothed, Norman (played by Ewan) is dying. She rushes to London from the Lake District a day too late. Sigh. Miss Potter is quiet, occasionally humorous, often pretty (the shots in the Lake Counry are brilliant), but ultimately forgettable. It did, however, give me some insight into someone I knew nothing of.
My rating: 7 out of 10.
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