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Penelope
Penelope Wilhern is a pretty young woman from a wealthy family with all the qualities to make an excellent match for any other well-bred man of her status. What sets her apart is that she has pig-face disorder. But what's worse is her overprotective, aristocratic parents that must find her perfect match for happiness.
7 January 1963, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, UK
21 April 1979, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
4 July 1968, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
25 November 1946, Brighton, England, UK
28 March 1972, Hornchurch, Essex, England, UK
6 November 1949, London, England, UK
1 September 1974, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 29, 2008
Visually stylish, what might have been a cute fantasy becomes tedious due to its banal script and a relentless overload of pig-jokes.
February 29, 2008
Director Palansky and screenwriter Leslie Caveny seem to have many of the right ingredients for creating something beguiling, but the film is, finally, surprisingly pedestrian. What a shame, with all these good performers.
February 29, 2008
The semi-satirical treatment of celebrity culture, as Penelope is treated first as a tabloid sensation then a media darling, is lame and dated.
October 18, 2008
A modern-day fairytale, the film is tarted up like a hyperactive five-year-old's lurid fantasy of interior decor.
October 18, 2008
I can truthfully say that watching this abysmal fantasy-comedy is less rewarding than being slapped across the face with a large wet fish.
May 11, 2010
Penelope suggests that peace comes through character, not cosmetic surgery. In this, it's smarter than Twilight...
March 02, 2008
A precocious fairy tale made for and starring people too old for whimsy
October 18, 2008
Watchable but patchy fantasy romance that doesn't quite work, despite strong performances from Ricci and McAvoy.
February 29, 2008
While uneven, this Ugly Duckling redux is hipper and funnier than a Disney movie, and the positive message to young girls can't be discounted.
February 29, 2008
Sweet as gingerbread, Penelope deserves to find an audience; those with a taste for happily-ever-afters should look for it, before it too-quickly disappears.
March 03, 2008
I think it's a sweet film.
August 12, 2012
This quirky, snarky contemporary fairy tale could have been a family blockbuster.