Synopsis
Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
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Cast
- Cameron DiazMaggie Feller
- Toni ColletteRose Feller
- Shirley MacLaineElla Hirsh
- Mark FeuersteinSimon Stein
- Ken HowardMichael Feller
- Richard BurgiJim Danvers
- Brooke SmithAmy
- Candice AzzaraSydelle Feller
- Francine BeersMrs. Lefkowitz
- Anson MountTodd
Recommendations
- 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
When superb craftsmanship, discipline, and risk-taking (toning down Diaz and MacLaine; treating Collette as a desirous leading lady) are applied to accessible, even frivolous material, the results can be deeply pleasurable. In Her Shoes isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s the best Saturday-night movie millions of people are going to go to. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Curtis Hanson has made a chick flick with substance as well as style. - 70
Variety
While the director's avid fans may be disappointed, upscalish mainstream auds, particularly women, will eat up this well-acted, emotionally focused adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's popular novel. - 70
Village Voice
The best moments belong to Shirley MacLaine, who makes the clipped script sing as Ella. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Could it be that the director of "L.A. Confidential," "Wonder Boys," and "8 Mile" has been defeated by characters on a first-name basis with brisket, by women who, in Susannah Grant's screenplay, represent avatars of joyless workaholism and joyless sexaholism? - 50
ReelViews
Artificial in both its dialogue and its construction, the film only works - on those occasions when it works - because of the sincere performance by the underrated Toni Collette. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Diaz and Collette are believable as sisters, but their performances rarely surprise -- in a more interesting movie world, they'd have switched roles. - 50
New York Daily News
A bungled mess that spends an hour creating two characters whose lives are about as believable as a successful ambush set by Wile E. Coyote for the Roadrunner.
