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A few years ago, there was a reality TV show called For Love or Money. It was a dating show with a twist. Although the bachelor had his choice of women from beginning to end, the final woman had the option of going home with him or one million dollars. The question was, in the end, would the woman choose love or money? And in a much less cutthroat and conniving and much more heartwarming and nostalgic way, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is very much about the same idea.

Potrayed in London just before the beginning of World War II, the characters inside of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day are living in uncertain times. The world is on the brink of its second world war. Work is scarce. And unless you happen to be a person with an unlimited supply of money in your back pocket, there is the sense that anyone is only one wrong move from being on the street.

And it is right in the middle of that precarious position that young American singer and actress Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams) and middle-aged nanny Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) find each other. Miss Pettigrew needs a job. Delysia feels that she must prove her rising socialite status by hiring a social secretary. And since Miss Pettigrew thought she was taking a job as a nanny, and Delysia doesn't even know what a social secretary is supposed to do—much less what she is doing in her own life—the day just takes off from there.

But more than just a story about 24 hours in the life of a spoiled socialite, the day that unfolds for Delysia and Miss Pettigrew is something entirely different. Delysia may have three men vying for her attention. She may be one of London's favorite nightclub songstresses. And she may be this close to landing a starring role on the grand stages of London theater. But as she confesses to Miss Pettigrew, she is also this close to having nothing. And for Delysia, that means figuring out what she must do to make sure that doesn't happen.

Enter the three men in Delysia's life, men who are not only her suitors but who also represent three very different options Delysia sees for her future. If she chooses Phil (Tom Payne), she will be a star. If she chooses Nick (Mark Strong), she will have a penthouse and regular mic at his club. And if she chooses Michael (Lee Pace), she will get the best friend she ever had.

At first, Delysia's answer is clear. Delysia knows what she wants, and Miss Pettigrew quickly takes on the task of helping Delysia do what she must to get there. But as the day wears on and Miss Pettigrew gets to know Delysia's suitors more, she pushes Delysia to consider that love is actually more valuable than any promise of success, money, or establishment that is out there.

For all of us out there looking for our "one," Miss Pettigrew is a story and a lesson crafted just for us. It tells us to choose for love, not for money or position or whatever else we feel we our mate must give us to ever consider our choice the right one. But if you think that Miss Pettigrew's lessons stop there, you would be wrong.

More than just a movie about who we give our hand to, Miss Pettigrew is a tale about who we entrust our lives to. It is about the reality that we all seek to fill our lives with things, people, and connections that tell us and those around us that the life we are leading is something. And it is a story that honestly tells us that all choices are not equal.

In this life, there are many things we can give ourselves to in search of value, fulfillment, and security. We can run after things in life that are like Phil—the newest, the brightest, and the most eager to spout exciting promises of riches, prosperity, and fame. We can give our commitment to people and causes like Nick—full of charm, money, and the hypnotic sense that if only we offer ourselves fully to them, we will never want for anything more. Or, instead, we can give our hearts to someone who is more like Michael—overflowing with a love that will still cherish us even if we have nothing, and offering the promise that, with him by our side, who we are and the talents that we have will shine the brightest they ever could.

As Joe (Ciarán Hinds), a wealthy older man who we first meet in the middle of a relational hiccup with his much younger gold-digging fiancèe Edythe (Shirley Henderson), puts it, it is easy to get distracted by many ridiculous things. But when it comes to giving our lives to something greater, as Michael puts it, choosing that path requires no more effort that reaching out and accepting the offer that has been extended to us. It's "pure and simple," he says. "It's a one word conversation."

And so, in a world full Phils, Nicks, and Edythes, the question for us is: when God reaches out his hand to us, when he offers us his love, when he tells us that with him we will be the greatest we will ever be, are we willing to let go of our need for the things and ideas we've always thought we needed, and instead take hold of the only thing we actually need?