Movie Review--In Her Shoes

Another great movie. In Her Shoes is about two sisters who are complete opposites. Rose is an uptight lawyer, very responsible and good at her job. Her younger sister Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is beautiful, irresponsible, can't hold a job, and mooches off of Rose. The sisters lost their mother when they were young. They don't always get along, but they are close.

However, their relationship is severely tested when Maggie sleeps with a man who is sort of Rose's boyfriend. Rose kicks Maggie out of her apartment. Fortunately for Maggie, she has a place to go. She has a tendency to snoop through other people's things, looking for cash to steal. It was when she was snooping through her father and stepmother's things that she discovered the whereabouts of her maternal grandmother, with whom their father had cut off contact years ago.

Maggie goes to visit her grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) in Florida for the first time in her life. Her grandmother is delighted to meet her granddaughter at long last, but less happy about her granddaughter's mooching tendencies. When she discovers Maggie looking through her things for cash, she strikes a deal with Maggie: Maggie can stay with her, but she needs to get a job. Maggie's grandmother promises she will match the money Maggie earns through her job in order to help Maggie go to New York so she can study acting.

In staying with her grandmother and developing a relationship with her, Maggie begins to gain a sense of responsibility. Meanwhile, back in Philadelphia, Rose is learning to loosen up. She takes a leave of absence from her job and takes a job walking dogs. She starts dating a new man (not the one who slept with her sister). But she and Maggie miss each other terribly. In Florida, their grandmother (whom Rose has still not met) encourages Maggie to contact Rose. Meanwhile, their father doesn't even know that Maggie is no longer in Philadephia.

The sisters have to come to terms with their relationship and their past. They are both lost in their own way and need to find themselves.

Anyway, as I've mentioned before, I love chick flicks. I also like movies about the relationship between sisters; the dynamics are really interesting to me. In this movie, Shirley MacLaine is great as the grandmother, but then I always like both her and Cameron Diaz. I highly recommend this movie.