Can a Screwball Fable Have an Eye for Detail and a Heart for Fun? Discuss
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
Acting, of course, has something do with it. But the charm that emanates from Amy Adams like a perfume in “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” is also a natural gift.
Her character, Delysia Lafosse, an American actress and singer clawing her way up the show business ladder in 1939 London, may be an amoral, sociopathic vixen. But in Ms. Adams’s portrayal she is also an irresistibly endearing creature of moods and whims, one who melts the hearts of the possessive, egotistical beaus she carelessly juggles while pursuing the leading role in a West End musical. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (4452 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 7 Marzo 2008