In Her Shoes
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Cameron Diaz)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
Loneliness is not good. Being alone? Not so much fun. Sure, everyone needs some alone time. Every once in a while, all of us need some alone space. Sometimes our only desire is just to get away from it all and have everyone leave us alone. The problem is, when it comes to actually BEING alone, to actually existing as a fully independent and self-sufficient being with little or no real connections to anyone around us, it just doesn’t work.
In the movie In Her Shoes, we are invited into a story about these connections that inevitably construct our lives. Yes, some of the connections are difficult. Some of them let people down and stress people out. But, in the end, each character shows us how much these connections mean to them and how essential close friendships and relationships are to actually making it through this life.
Meet Maggie and Rose Feller. They are sisters, but they are as different as different can be.
Maggie is your stereotypical “blonde.� She spends her time flirting for free drinks at bars, she doesn’t seem to have ever held a job for any substantial period of time, and none of her relationships seem to add up to much more than an admiring eye, a source of money, or a place to sleep.
Rose, however, is a bit more serious. She is a lawyer. She has probably never flirted with a man in her entire life. She spends long hours at the office and few anywhere else. And, she is number one on her sister’s drunk dial list.
Maggie and Rose are frivolousness paired with seriousness, dependence matched with a sense of obligation, and selfishness smothering an already lacking sense of self-value. Their polar opposites make them almost inseparable, but at the same time, they easily push them to a painful falling out.
For both women, the exit of the other from her life and the circumstances surrounding it leave them both feeling very alone. Maggie finds herself with no one to go to but a grandmother she has never met and just recently found out existed. Rose finds that not even doing a good job at work keeps her together and, as quickly Maggie disappeared, spends her days walking dogs instead of trying to please the humans around her.
One woman enters a new life ready to do no more than find another person to take care of her. The other woman has no reason to believe that anyone she meets will ever see her as anything more than a disappointment or a doormat. But both women are in for a surprise.
As much as Grandma’s arms are open wide when her long lost granddaughter arrives, Maggie soon finds that Grandma Elle is no pushover. She wants to get to know Maggie, she wants to make up for all the years she was not there, but Elle also knows that handing out money and letting Maggie do nothing is not what she needs.
Knowing that money will motivate Maggie, Elle promises to match whatever Maggie earns if she will work. She tries to join in Maggie’s interests so that they can spend time together. When Maggie finds something she is good at, Elle is ready to help her out with the details Maggie is not so sure how to do herself. And, when she sees the pain that Maggie’s rift with her sister is causing her, Elle takes care of what need to be done.
Back in Philadelphia, Rose’s life is also going through transformations, namely a relationship and an engagement with a man who clearly likes and loves her for who she is as she is. The problem is she is worried about Maggie, her worry is consuming her, and her fiancée Simon knows that is something with which neither he nor she can live.
The solution—Grandma Elle brings the girls together, and, as much as their reunion is difficult, Maggie and Rose realize how much they have been there for each other and how much they still need each other.
Looking through photo albums they have never seen, the sisters remember their mother—a woman who battled mental illness, but also a woman who loved her family more than anything in the world. For the first time, they talk about her death, about a death that was no accident, and about the threat of separation from her family that came just before she took her own life. And, even as all three women lament absent relationships and missed time, the moments they have been able to be there for each other stand out as just the thing that has and will keep each woman and her life together.
For anyone who has ever had a sister or a close friend, In Her Shoes is a poignant reminder of the value of the relationships we share with those around us. Through their journeys, Maggie and Rose remind us of our own value both as individuals and as people who have the power to deeply touch and encourage those around us. And, as once estranged sisters, long-lost grandmothers, and cuddly dogs come together to celebrate friendship and union at the movie’s end, Maggie and Rose send us back to our own lives knowing that this life is never meant to be lived alone.
The people that we share our life with may be different. Husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and/or best friends. Sometimes one of those people may be missing. Sometimes the people who fill those roles may be lacking. But never should we feel alone.
In the same way that Maggie describes her bond with Rose saying, “I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart,� and with the same love that compels Elle to offer of herself to help Maggie do more, the one who is father to us all has also sacrificed more than we could ever imagine to help us out of our troubles, will always be with us no matter where we go and what we do, and will always make sure we are never alone.
Seeking the best for us and desiring us to live lives full of value, connections, and meaningful relationships, God truly carries our hearts. He carries them in his heart. And whatever my come our way, we too can rest assured that we can also carry his heart, his guidance, his love, and his strength in our own hearts as well.
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Cameron Diaz)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Cameron Diaz)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
Loneliness is not good. Being alone? Not so much fun. Sure, everyone needs some alone time. Every once in a while, all of us need some alone space. Sometimes our only desire is just to get away from it all and have everyone leave us alone. The problem is, when it comes to actually BEING alone, to actually existing as a fully independent and self-sufficient being with little or no real connections to anyone around us, it just doesn’t work.In the movie In Her Shoes, we are invited into a story about these connections that inevitably construct our lives. Yes, some of the connections are difficult. Some of them let people down and stress people out. But, in the end, each character shows us how much these connections mean to them and how essential close friendships and relationships are to actually making it through this life.
Meet Maggie and Rose Feller. They are sisters, but they are as different as different can be.
Maggie is your stereotypical “blonde.� She spends her time flirting for free drinks at bars, she doesn’t seem to have ever held a job for any substantial period of time, and none of her relationships seem to add up to much more than an admiring eye, a source of money, or a place to sleep.
Rose, however, is a bit more serious. She is a lawyer. She has probably never flirted with a man in her entire life. She spends long hours at the office and few anywhere else. And, she is number one on her sister’s drunk dial list.Maggie and Rose are frivolousness paired with seriousness, dependence matched with a sense of obligation, and selfishness smothering an already lacking sense of self-value. Their polar opposites make them almost inseparable, but at the same time, they easily push them to a painful falling out.
For both women, the exit of the other from her life and the circumstances surrounding it leave them both feeling very alone. Maggie finds herself with no one to go to but a grandmother she has never met and just recently found out existed. Rose finds that not even doing a good job at work keeps her together and, as quickly Maggie disappeared, spends her days walking dogs instead of trying to please the humans around her.
One woman enters a new life ready to do no more than find another person to take care of her. The other woman has no reason to believe that anyone she meets will ever see her as anything more than a disappointment or a doormat. But both women are in for a surprise.
As much as Grandma’s arms are open wide when her long lost granddaughter arrives, Maggie soon finds that Grandma Elle is no pushover. She wants to get to know Maggie, she wants to make up for all the years she was not there, but Elle also knows that handing out money and letting Maggie do nothing is not what she needs.
Knowing that money will motivate Maggie, Elle promises to match whatever Maggie earns if she will work. She tries to join in Maggie’s interests so that they can spend time together. When Maggie finds something she is good at, Elle is ready to help her out with the details Maggie is not so sure how to do herself. And, when she sees the pain that Maggie’s rift with her sister is causing her, Elle takes care of what need to be done.
Back in Philadelphia, Rose’s life is also going through transformations, namely a relationship and an engagement with a man who clearly likes and loves her for who she is as she is. The problem is she is worried about Maggie, her worry is consuming her, and her fiancée Simon knows that is something with which neither he nor she can live.
The solution—Grandma Elle brings the girls together, and, as much as their reunion is difficult, Maggie and Rose realize how much they have been there for each other and how much they still need each other.
Looking through photo albums they have never seen, the sisters remember their mother—a woman who battled mental illness, but also a woman who loved her family more than anything in the world. For the first time, they talk about her death, about a death that was no accident, and about the threat of separation from her family that came just before she took her own life. And, even as all three women lament absent relationships and missed time, the moments they have been able to be there for each other stand out as just the thing that has and will keep each woman and her life together.
For anyone who has ever had a sister or a close friend, In Her Shoes is a poignant reminder of the value of the relationships we share with those around us. Through their journeys, Maggie and Rose remind us of our own value both as individuals and as people who have the power to deeply touch and encourage those around us. And, as once estranged sisters, long-lost grandmothers, and cuddly dogs come together to celebrate friendship and union at the movie’s end, Maggie and Rose send us back to our own lives knowing that this life is never meant to be lived alone.
The people that we share our life with may be different. Husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and/or best friends. Sometimes one of those people may be missing. Sometimes the people who fill those roles may be lacking. But never should we feel alone.
In the same way that Maggie describes her bond with Rose saying, “I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart,� and with the same love that compels Elle to offer of herself to help Maggie do more, the one who is father to us all has also sacrificed more than we could ever imagine to help us out of our troubles, will always be with us no matter where we go and what we do, and will always make sure we are never alone.
Seeking the best for us and desiring us to live lives full of value, connections, and meaningful relationships, God truly carries our hearts. He carries them in his heart. And whatever my come our way, we too can rest assured that we can also carry his heart, his guidance, his love, and his strength in our own hearts as well.
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Cameron Diaz)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
1 Comments:
loved ur review! =)
and really liked the movie too.. it was a real good one..
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