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...whimsical movie “Penelope,” title character Penelope Wilhern, played by Christina Ricci, seems to have it all. As the daughter of blue-blood aristocrats, she has money, charm, and a horde of suitors flocking to her door. Oh yeah, she also has a pig nose. “Penelope” is a modern-day fairy tale in an image-obsessed world that actually teaches girls to love themselves the way they are. Penelope is heir not only to the family fortune, but to the family curse, as well, doomed to sport a pig nose...
...though many kids find ways of getting attention, child stars didn't have to figure out the art of allure through painful improvisation; they were taught by pros. Johansson and Ricci both attended a Manhattan showbiz seminary called the Professional Children's School. ("And what are you studying, little Christina?" "How to be a professional child." "Well, don't stay up all night studying, or you won't look like...
...Actually, even with her porcine protuberance, Ricci looks pretty adorable. And with collagenized lips in vogue, why not a super snout as the latest fashion accessory? I could imagine Penelope on the cover of TIME, smiling and telling the world, "Yep, I'm Nosy...
...Ricci is not asked to do much but coast on her dark, elfin star quality, which she manages nicely. In other adult roles, like the ones in Prozac Nation and Monster, she's worked hard to shrug off the ethereal girlishness of her Mermaids and Addams Family days. As for Johansson, the suspicion lingers that there was always a voluptuous woman waiting to burst out of her pre-teen roles. The few extra pounds she carries, in an era when curves are denounced as baby fat, give her the anachronistic, grown-up glamour of a Rita Hayworth. She photographs...
...this old admirer of these three ex-child stars renders a mixed verdict on their London tours. Penelope has no special reason to be, but Ricci gives it a comely sheen. Boleyn isn't the trashy, passionate soap opera it could have been. And as lovely as Hollywood's Lend-Lease program can be to attract financing for Anglo productions, I have to wonder whether a British actress or two couldn't be found to give the roles of Anne and Mary a little more delicacy, heft and craft...