Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

This was a remarkably dull film - but I can't really work out why! Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is an extremely unsuccessful nanny and is sacked by Agency manager (Stephanie

Cole) but Miss Pettigrew picks up the details of a possible employer - and thereby walks into the life of chanteusse Delysia LaFosse (Amy Adams) who is leading a remarkably complicated life involving three suitors. The film then follows Miss Pettigrew's day as she resolutely solves the problems of Delysia and her circle of exceptionally superficial friends - all ignoring the fact that WWII is about to break out. Now this could have been funny, moving, perceptive, entertaining or exciting. Trouble is this film was none of these things. The acting was fine, but the storyline was weak, and I couldn't become sympathetic towards the fate of any of the characters - I just didn't care about what happened to any of them - rating a generous 5/10