Penelope is a delightful and imaginative little movie, adorned with plenty of good-intentioned morals.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 6, 2023

A rather childish blend of comedy, romance, and the predictable unearthing of morals and prejudices.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 28, 2020

This quirky, snarky contemporary fairy tale could have been a family blockbuster.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 12, 2012

Penelope suggests that peace comes through character, not cosmetic surgery. In this, it's smarter than Twilight...

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 11, 2010

I can truthfully say that watching this abysmal fantasy-comedy is less rewarding than being slapped across the face with a large wet fish.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

Watchable but patchy fantasy romance that doesn't quite work, despite strong performances from Ricci and McAvoy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: A | Oct 18, 2008

A modern-day fairytale, the film is tarted up like a hyperactive five-year-old's lurid fantasy of interior decor.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 18, 2008

Visually stylish, what might have been a cute fantasy becomes tedious due to its banal script and a relentless overload of pig-jokes.

| Aug 29, 2008

It's too bad that the second half turned out to be a drag, because I very much enjoyed the first half.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 22, 2008

A diligent ensemble can't lift the film to anything higher than a shallow fairy tale with only worthy intentions.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 19, 2008

With only a DNA witch's curse pig's snout compromising Ricci's otherwise exceedingly alluring physical assets, it doesn't make a lick of sense that prospective suitors are jumping out of windows after catching a glimpse of her disfigured beak.

| Jul 12, 2008

Penelope is adorable and easy to watch thanks to the charms of its leads Ricci and McAvoy. But it's too much a mainstream Hollywood product and not enough of a spunky indie spirit to really win audiences over.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 9, 2008

Is this meant to be dark comedy? It's hard to tell.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jun 25, 2008

Penelope is a sweet trifle, a great kid's movie, and not surprising, given its subject matter a film gay audiences will find familiar and comforting. That's because, more than anything, this is a story of acceptance of one's true self.

| May 22, 2008

It's not eccentric enough to be as otherworldly as it wants to be, but it's too self-consciously quirky to perform on its own merits.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 1, 2008

Maybe I've got some subconscious porcine fetish thing going (or something) but I think Christina Ricci looks kind of cute with a pig's snout where her nose should be...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 2, 2008

A sweet but clumsy fable that's pleasing without being particularly distinguished.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 16, 2008

After I saw the intriguing trailers that trailed off a couple years back, I wondered why this movie was wallowing somewhere on a shelf.I'm still not sure. Although I do know one thing: Had this been a Christmas-time release, it would have been seen by lot

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 9, 2008