A few weeks ago I managed to watch this movie on DVD. I always like movies based on British lifestyle so I thought it will be a good choice to spend 92 minutes learning about the life of the children story book author, Beatrix Potter. I’ve heard about classic illustrated children’s stories such as “Peter Rabbit” but never know about who wrote them. Plus I always like Renee Zellweger as an actress.
Here is the synopsis taken from imdb.com:
Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne’s first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix and together they carefully arrange publication. This proves the first of many successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from both her parents’ way of life and London.
