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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Summary: Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and sing...

Release Date: March 07, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Bharat Nalluri

Writers: David Magee

, Simon Beaufoy

, Winifred Watson

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Focus Features, Kudos Productions Ltd., Keylight Productions, Twins Financing, Shine Pictures

Distributor: Focus Features, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 12,313,694

International: $ 4,411,239

Box office:

Domestic:$12.3MInternational:$4.4MWorldwide:$16.7M

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The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this -7% lower than the critics.

78%71%

The Metacritic audience rated this 10% higher than the critics.

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63/100

Metacritic User:

73/100

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56% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

6% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White94.44%Mixed / Other5.56%

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Nudity3/5
Other2/5

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MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY

"Compromising Morality Tale"Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.

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What You Need To Know:MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY is set in England...

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Aug 7th 2012

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"Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day"

My review in The American Conservative from a few months ago:

Although the dialogue in John Kennedy Toole’s Confederacy’s 28 years (and counting) in Development Hell pales beside the limbo...

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May 25th 2008

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