2007 · fantasy · comedy · romance
Penelope
Directed by Mark Palansky1h 44m2007
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company? This untraditional fairy tale is about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
Our read: Penelope (2007) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive fantasy · comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle fantasy / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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