Miss Potter

PG

Released Dec 29, 2006

1 hr. 32 min.

Biography

Drama

Romance

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69%

131 Reviews

Tomatometer

68%

250,000+ Ratings

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Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger) overcomes many obstacles in her quest to become a writer, including a domineering mother and the chauvinism prevalent in Victorian England. She falls in love with her publisher, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor), and his marriage proposal and a subsequent tragedy change her life forever.

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Critics Consensus

A charming biopic that maintains its sweetness even in sadder moments.

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John P

As an artist I was surprised to learn Miss Potter not only came up with the stories of Peter Rabbit etc. but also did her own illustrations & found this film very delightful to watch, as it had a Disney type mood to it by adding animation effects to some of the scenes where her drawings took center stage & I thought the acting was perfect as well as the scenery & felt it should of done better at the box office than it did!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/03/24

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Audience Member

While certainly not the most groundbreaking biopic in the world and not as memorable as Babe, which was from the same director, Miss Potter is still a really well-done film with goid direction, well-realised production values, great performances - I think Renee Zellweger just wanted an excuse to pretend to be British again - and a tone that's sweet and optimistic without being saccharine making a tragedy that I genuinely didn't know about hit all the more harder. In other words, a movie that did a better job doing beloved author Beatrix Potter justice than two Peter Rabbit movies released a decade later.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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yannis a

A Tribute To The Remarkable Miss Potter.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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michael t

I really liked this- a straightforward and uplifting story for a change. I'm not a huge Renee Zellweger fan, but she was good in this. Also enjoyed seeing Ewan MacGregor. He did a great job in his role. A nice period piece.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Still charming... same as it was when i first watch it when I was a kid, which, I think, is the greatest thing you can get from a movie like this one, it throw you back, right into the quite afternoons of your childhood.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Lucy Boynton is adorable as the young Miss Potter. Renee shines as usual, oozin grace and charm whenever she is onscreen. The director however does both actresses a disservice by intermittently switching from the present to the past. You want to enjoy Miss Boynton's performance but this decision not to present the movie in chronological order makes her scenes seem a little off putting and distracting. A chronological telling would have allowed her shine in her own right. That definitely would have added another star to the review.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Chris Noonan

Director

Renée Zellweger

Beatrix Potter

Ewan McGregor

Norman Warne

Emily Watson

Millie Warne

Barbara Flynn

Helen Potter

Bill Paterson

Rupert Potter

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Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Chronicle

Enchanting, perhaps, but a long, long way from meaningful.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 17, 2007

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Dallas Morning News

Rated: B-

Mar 17, 2007

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...boasts terrific work from both Zellweger and McGregor that’s heightened by their palpable chemistry together...

Rated: 3/4

Aug 5, 2023

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

These days, it plays as quaint and gloriously dated, an echo of a time when flawlessly-realized recreations of Edenic England were something worth striving for and films investors could be talked into.

Rated: 3/4

May 13, 2021

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Always accessible in a Downton-Abbey-goes-to-Play-School kind of way, as evidenced by Renée Zellweger's chipper portrayal of Potter as a bustle-skirted bundle of squinty smiles and sudden blushes.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 24, 2020

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Synopsis

Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger) overcomes many obstacles in her quest to become a writer, including a domineering mother and the chauvinism prevalent in Victorian England. She falls in love with her publisher, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor), and his marriage proposal and a subsequent tragedy change her life forever.

Director: Chris Noonan
Executive Producer: Steve Christian, Louis Phillips, Renée Zellweger, Nigel Wooll
Screenwriter: Richard Maltby Jr.
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Grosvenor Park Productions, Phoenix Pictures, UK Film Council, David Kirschner Productions
Rating: PG (Brief Mild Language)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 29, 2006, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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