In Her Shoes (2005)

Director:

Curtis Hanson

Writers (WGA):

Jennifer Weiner (novel)
Susannah Grant (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Friends. Rivals. Sisters.

Plot:

Straight-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.

Plot Keywords:

Sisters | Grandmother | Shoes | Stepmother | Lawyer

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Cameron Diaz	...	Maggie
Anson Mount	...	Todd
Toni Collette	...	Rose
Richard Burgi	...	Jim Danvers
Candice Azzara	...	Sydelle Feller
Brooke Smith	...	Amy
John Mastrangelo Sr.	...	Di Bruno Bros, Cheese Guy
Emilio Mignucci	...	Di Bruno Bros - Cheese Guy
Mark Feuerstein	...	Simon Stein
Terrance Christopher Jones	...	Lawyer
Nicole Randall Johnson	...	Rose's Assistant
Kateri DeMartino	...	Ferocious Shopper (as Kateri Demartino)
Brandon Karrer	...	Canal House Guy
Jon Ingrassia	...	Bartender
Jason Peck	...	Cuervo Carl

Also Known As:

In den Schuhen meiner Schwester (Germany)
En sus zapatos (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Chaussure à son pied (Canada: French title) [fr]
Egy cipöben (Hungary) [hu]
Ela sti thesi mou (Greece) [el]
Em Seu Lugar (Brazil) [pt]
I hennes skor (Sweden) [sv]
In Her Shoes (France) [fr]
In den Schuhen meiner Schwester (Austria) [de]
In her shoes - se fossi lei (Italy) [it]
Lainakengissä (Finland) [fi]
Na Sua Pele (Portugal) [pt]
Yerinde olsam (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material, language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | Australia:M | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:Btl | Netherlands:AL | Czech Republic:U | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Mexico:B15 | Peru:14 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Taiwan:PG-12 | Hungary:14 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40967) | South Korea:15 | UK:12A | Norway:A

Filming Locations:

Briny Breezes, Florida, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

The woman pictured as Maggie and Rose's mother is model Ivana Milicevic

Goofs:

Continuity: When Maggie is standing in the road when her sister is leaving you can clearly see a car coming up close behind her. In the next scene it gets closer. There are no roads that lead off in the other direction, but she continues to stand there and the car never approaches or goes around her, and in the next scene the car is no longer there.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Maggie Feller: Your 10-year high school reunion. Everybody wants to make a good impression and I was making mine on Ted, Tad?, whatever...

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

Soundtrack:

Is This Love

"Chick-Flicks" just don't get any better than In Her Shoes

Okay Ladies – it is time to gather up all the important women in your life, leave the boys at home and head to the movie theater for In Her Shoes staring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacClaine.

This comedy/drama begins with Rose (Collette) having to pick up her drunk and passed out sister, Maggie (Diaz) from her 10-year high school reunion.

When Rose tries to take Maggie back home where she stills lives with her parents, Maggie is kicked out by her wicked stepmother, Sydelle. Rose has no choice but to take her sister back home with her.

From here the tension and conflict grows as Rose and Maggie are polar opposites. In fact, the only similarity they share is their size eight-and-a-half shoes. Maggie's irresponsible and promiscuous ways eventually drive the two apart after a very awkward and dramatic fallout.

After the fight, Maggie finds herself in Florida and Rose finds herself searching for a change. Although angry and apart, the two can't help but miss the other desperately.

The movie, based on the novel by Jennifer Weiner, was brilliantly re-written for the big screen by Susannah Grant and directed by Curtis Hanson.

All of the actors did an award winning performance although the Oscar should definitely go to Collette who simply shined.

I believe that Cameron Diaz had a little too much of the spotlight in the trailers and promotional poster, but fortunately was not all the focus in the actual movie.

Overall In Her Shoes gets four out of four stars. This is definitely a movie that will make you realize exactly how important all the women in your life truly are. It's just not possible for a chick-flick to get any better than this!