Movie Reivew: "Miss Potter"

This is the story of thirty year old single authoress Beatrix Potter in Victorian England who wrote many children’s books- including “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” The movie chronicles her struggles with her parvenu pseudo-aristocratic parents, romances, friendships and writing. This film refreshingly details true romance and courtship of Miss Potter in the confines of staid 19th century English society. The awkward relationship she has with her suitor- who is also the publisher of her books- is at times complicated by the unique friendship she has with her suitor’s sister. This is probably the ultimate “Chick Flick” but I was pleased to finally see a film that portrayed healthy strong friendships between women and a wholesome, deep, meaningful search for love between a man and a woman in a society with some moral and social boundaries.