Storyline
Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
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Cast
Marcia Jean Kurtz, Cameron Diaz, Richard Burgi, Alan Blumenfeld, Eric Balfour, Ivana Miličević, Shirley MacLaine, April Stewart, Anson Mount, Brooke Smith, Robert Miller, Carlease Burke, Mark Feuerstein, Toni Collette, Nicole Randall Johnson, Mary-Pat Green, Candice Azzara, Norman Lloyd, Jackie Geary, Carol Florence, Ken Howard, Jerry Adler, Andy Powers, Karen Vicks, Terrance Christopher Jones, Dan Fitzgerald, Benton Jennings, Kateri DeMartino, David Shatraw, Francine Beers, John Mastrangelo Sr., Emilio Mignucci, Brandon Karrer, Jon Ingrassia, Jason Peck, Gene Bozzi, Hamlet, William Spangler, Maureen Torsney-Weir, Chihiro Kawamura, Kevin Anthony, Salih Qawi, Jacquin DeLeon, Earnie Philps, Bill Polk, Jill Saunders, Mel Alpern, Cebert Hall, Ayana Mingo, Asabi Rich, Carole Robinson, Nicola Shirley, John Draper, Len D'Errico, Ira Friedman, Bill Miller, George Randell, Mario Sandrelli, Ray Sullivan, Ray Wiersema, Dorothy Kelly, Marilyn Raphael, Fran Gellatly, Joan Turner, Jeri Jordan, Ruth Byler, Shirley Beehner, Sophie Klein, Marie Malocco, Betty Ricciardelli, Florence Ruprecht, Mike Schmidt, Kenneth Beehner, Bob Koehler, George Rosenberg, Fritz Rulli, Dale Schwant, Jay Bressner, Jack Brown, Maxine Brown, Madeline S. Bruni, Rene Godin, Sandye Menduke, Tony Russo, Maureen Solomon
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Reviews
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
When superb craftsmanship, discipline, and risk-taking (toning down Diaz and MacLaine; treating Collette as a desirous leading lady) are applied to accessible, even frivolous material, the results can be deeply pleasurable. In Her Shoes isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s the best Saturday-night movie millions of people are going to go to.
70
Director Curtis Hanson has made a chick flick with substance as well as style.
70
Variety
While the director's avid fans may be disappointed, upscalish mainstream auds, particularly women, will eat up this well-acted, emotionally focused adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's popular novel.
70
Village Voice
The best moments belong to Shirley MacLaine, who makes the clipped script sing as Ella.
67
Entertainment Weekly
Could it be that the director of "L.A. Confidential," "Wonder Boys," and "8 Mile" has been defeated by characters on a first-name basis with brisket, by women who, in Susannah Grant's screenplay, represent avatars of joyless workaholism and joyless sexaholism?
