Movie Review: Miss Potter
Bill and I went to see the late movie of Miss Potter on Saturday night and we were both happy we did. Miss Potter is the charming and enchanting tale of Beatrix Potter (Rene Zellweger), a beautiful and creative woman who delighted generations of children with her books. Set in the early 1900’s in late Victorian England, we are introduced to a sensitive but sweet, isolated, and introverted young woman in her early 30’s living in the home of her wealthy and class-conscious parents. In this secluded, picturesque environment, she develops her natural God-given talents of writing and painting, but yearns for something more. In the process of getting her first book published (after many rejections) Beatrix finds a willing publisher, Frederick Warne & Co, and teams up with the younger partner in the business, an attractive and amazing man, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor), who is determined to make her and her books a success. As the two continue their business relationship, they become great...