Review of Penelope

Penelope (2006)
6/10
Had good potential but didn't work out
5 April 2009
Warning: Spoilers
At first I was not too interested in this movie but the rest of my family sat down to watch it on DVD and I had nothing better to do so I ended up watching it. As the movie went on I really started to like it. It was different and interesting and I loved the cast. But the plot line just simply didn't make sense. Penelope was under a spell that she thought could only be broken by marrying a "blue blood" yet when she had the chance she decided not to because she had accepted who she was and realized that she wasn't really in love. But then by accepting the curse the curse was broken and she was happy to have a real nose. She doesn't fall in love with her true love until after she looks "normal". What kind of message is that? I think that the movie would have made MUCH more sense if she had the made the choice to be with/marry Johnny even though it meant keeping her pig nose instead of marrying a blue blood and getting rid of it. That would've shown she was truly happy with how she looked rather than after she accepts the way she looks *poof* the curse is gone. That's not the way it works in the real world.
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