Mon 4 May, 2009
Ballet Shoes (warning spoiler)
Comments (1) Filed under: Celebrities, Free time, MoviesTags: Ballet Shoes, Emma Watson, Johnny, Movies, Yasmin Paige
I saw this movie with my mother. Johnny put his headphones on and just listened to music in my bedroom all alone. I guess it wasn’t his type of movie but I surely enjoyed it.
At first, after seeing the pictures from the movie, I thought it was a story of three friends taking dancing lessons. But it wasn’t what I thought, and I’m glad.
Set in Thirties London, Ballet Shoes tells the exhilarating tale of orphans Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, who are adopted by an eccentric explorer, Gum, and raised as sisters by his selfless niece. The timeless and uplifting story revolves around each girl’s struggle to fulfil her dreams: Pauline longs to be an actress, Petrova yearns to be an aviator, and Posy seems born to be a ballerina. But when Gum disappears, the money runs out – and the girls have a fight on their hands. Their struggle to balance personal ambition with the need to survive physically, emotionally, and financially, proves moving and comic by turns. Written by BBC Press Office.
This is definitely a family movie and a very good one. It’s been a while since I saw a simple, peaceful movie, with just a few teenage tantrums scenes. What surprised me was how thin Emma Watson looked in the blue evening dress she wore. But, seeing pictures with her in real life assured me she isn’t that thin. I also remember seeing Yasmin Paige in “Tooth” (this was a few years ago). She seemed familiar in “Ballet Shoes” but I couldn’t figure out in what movie I’ve seen her before since she looks so changed with long hair.
The ending was really cute and simple, everyone got their wishes fulfilled. Pauline becomes an actor, Petrova ends up taking flying lessons from Gum, Posy is enrolled in a ballet russian academy and their guardian, Sylvia gets married. All is well when it ends well.
But I’m glad I watched this movie, now I am even more curious about Rupert Grint movie “Driving Lessons“.
Hannah says:
I read this books a couple of years back and loved it. It wasn’t until I was searching up the new Harry Potter that I found out they made it into a movie.