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In Her Shoes (2005)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 162
Fresh: 121 | Rotten: 41

Honesty and solid performances make In Her Shoes a solid fit for all audiences.

62

Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 15

Honesty and solid performances make In Her Shoes a solid fit for all audiences.

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 372,079

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Movie Info

Curtis Hanson's adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's novel In Her Shoes stars Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz as a pair of very close but very different sisters. Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie Feller (Diaz) gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose (Collette) for financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part because their troubled mother died when

PG-13, 2 hr. 9 min.

Drama, Comedy

Jan 31, 2006

$32.8M

20th Century Fox

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All Critics (165) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (126) | Rotten (42) | DVD (24)

I think one reason this movie is so appealing is that it's the anti-Sex and the City-its earnestness and relative lack of rank bawdiness or cynicism seem novel in the present pop-culture atmosphere.

December 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comment
New York Magazine
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The movie gets much, much better as it goes along.

October 20, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comment
New York Observer
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Very well written. All the supporting performances are good.

October 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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Although In Her Shoes aims to rub along, with that scuffed worldliness which Hanson has made his own, it keeps bumping into the archness of the romantic-domestic genre.

October 11, 2005 Comment
New Yorker
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There'd be nothing wrong with this if the film 'fessed up to its kitschy soul. Instead, it pretends to be the high-minded drama it's not.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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Forsaking all art and subtlety, something he used to display in abundance, Hanson has chosen to adapt a Jennifer Weiner novel that is so light, it should come with weights attached to keep it from floating away.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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It's hard to believe chick flick tripe like this was even revered with critical praise, but it happened.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

"In Her Shoes" is an unbalanced movie that teeters between saccharine fluff and preachy self-help sentiment.

April 15, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment
ColeSmithey.com

Drama about rival sisters. Best for teens and up.

July 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Cluttered and predictable; but laced with laughs and enough of an emotional payoff to make it all worthwhile.

July 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comment
Princeton Town Topics

Cluttered, clownish and predictable, but providing a big enough emotional payoff to make it all worthwhile.

May 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | Comment
Upstage Magazine

When it comes to offensive depictions of disability, even with its abundance in movies, the silence can be really deafening, no pun intended.

February 10, 2007 Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio | Comment
WBAI Web Radio

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

A Hollywood movie that feels real; one that engages the tear ducts and the mind.

September 25, 2006 Comment

A simple yet rich drama played with humour and compassion and blessed with excellent performances.

April 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

Considering it doesn't star Maggie Smith or Judi Dench, it's surprising how mature and moving this female-focused drama is.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

...when things turn out so nicely in the end, I suppose it's hard to complain.

February 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

...the movie loses focus, meanders, and changes tone at the drop of a wine glass, but it can be touching and revealing, too.

February 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Una comedia dramática moderadamente disfrutable si bien previsible, donde Toni Collette y sobre todo Shirley MacLaine elevan el interés.

January 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | Comment
Uruguay Total
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Audience Reviews for In Her Shoes

Really enjoyed this film, Cameron Diaz was fantastic and it's a really heart wrenching film. You really feel empathetic towards the two sisters. A must see!

June 23, 2011
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Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and Rose (Toni Collette) are both best friends as well as sisters and absolute opposites when it comes to values, goals and personal styles. Maggie is a real party girl who barely graduated from high school recycles jobs as quickly as yesterdays newspapers and believes her biggest asset is her

October 15, 2007
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