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In Her Shoes

IN HER SHOES is the alternately hilarious and heart-rending story of two sisters with nothing in common but size 8 ½ feet. Maggie and Rose Feller are both best friends and polar opposites when it comes to values, goals and personal style.

Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is a party girl who barely graduated from high school, recycles jobs as quickly as yesterday's newspapers and believes her biggest asset is her attractiveness to the opposite sex. Her recurring state of unemployment leaves her virtually homeless as she bounces between the sofas of her friends and relatives. With no confidence in her intellectual ability, she prizes makeup over books and has an innate talent for choosing the perfect accessories and clothes for any occasion.

Rose (Toni Collette) is a Princeton educated attorney at a top law firm in Philadelphia. Her beautifully decorated prewar apartment is her haven from the outside world. With her nose perpetually to the grindstone, she struggles constantly with her weight and never feels comfortable in the clothes she wears. Her low self esteem regarding her physical appearance has left her dating life non-existent. Rose's one joy in life is shoes (because they always fit), but unfortunately she has few social opportunities to remove them from her closet.

After a calamitous falling out, the two sisters travel a bumpy road toward true appreciation for one another - aided along the way by the discovery of the maternal grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) they thought was dead. Through their re-connection with their grandmother, Ella, Maggie and Rose learn how to make peace with themselves and with each other.
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Dove Review

This movie will make you laugh and cry as you watch the ups and downs between two sisters. It reminded me of some that I have had in the past with my own younger sister. Not that they were the same, but all sisters have a few differences about things here and there. It brought a smile to my face thinking about some of the funny ones.

Rose is the older, responsible caregiver and Maggie is the “party girl” that doesn’t care about the consequences of her actions. The story is about these 2 sisters that grew up without a mom, and whose dad shut his eyes to the girls. Add in a grandmother that neither one knew still existed and the background is set for this “Dramady”. There are some secrets that come out about their mom and each other. Their Grandmother helps everyone understand what mistakes were made; even by herself.

Even though the story was great and lot of bad traits were resolved, Dove cannot recommend it as family entertainment due to the sexual content and language.

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4
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A couple have sex in rest room stall, unmarried couple in bed together, unmarried couple having sex in bed

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3 H, 5 B, 1 GD, 5 Slang for women's genitalia

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none

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Drugs

alcohol, cigarettes

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Nudity

woman in string bikini and revealing clothes

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