Directed by Chris Noonan (BABE) and scripted by noted playwright Richard Maltby Jr., this modest look at the real life behind the watercolor fantasy world of Beatrix Potter's delicately witty children's books is endearing without being especially engaging.
London, 1902: Thirty-six year old Beatrix (Renee Zellweger) is a spinster living in fashionable Kensington with her independently wealthy but socially insecure parents (Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson); their money, after all, is only one generation removed from factory owners and entrepreneurs — common tradesmen. The Potters have given up on finding a suitable husband for their only daughter, and Beatrix...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG
Length:
92 mins