In Her Shoes (2005)
76%RT Audience Score: 66%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 7 nominations
Honesty and solid performances make In Her Shoes a solid fit for all audiences
In Her Shoes is a movie that will make you laugh, cry, and maybe even cringe a little. Diaz and Collette’s performances are top-notch, and the dialogue between the two sisters is both hilarious and heart-wrenching. Sure, it may be a bit manipulative at times, but what chick flick isn’t? And let’s be real, we all need a good cry every once in a while. So grab some tissues and settle in for a feel-good film that will leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Production Company(ies)
Renaissance Films, British Broadcasting Corporation, Curzon Film Distributors
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for thematic material, language and some sexual content
Year of Release
2005
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:2h 9m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 7, 2005 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 31, 2006
Genre(s)
Comedy/Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, Ken Howard, Candice Azzara, directed by Curtis Hanson, written by Susannah Grant, produced by Ridley Scott, Carol Fenelon, Lisa Ellzey, genre: comedy, drama, box office performance: $32.9M, MPAA rating: PG-13, reviewed by J.R Jones, Liz Beardsworth, Amy Simmons, Paul Byrnes, Ken Tucker, Peter Bradshaw, Mattie Lucas, Felix Vasquez Jr., Cole Smithey, Kam Williams, Prairie Miller, actor names: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, Ken Howard, Candice Azzara, director name: Curtis Hanson, writer name: Susannah Grant, producer names: Ridley Scott, Carol Fenelon, Lisa Ellzey
Worldwide gross: $83,697,473
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $127,553,554
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 905
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 13,909,875
US/Canada gross: $32,880,591
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $50,109,473
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,070
US/Canada opening weekend: $10,017,575
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $15,266,617
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 779
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Toni Collette – Rose Feller
Shirley MacLaine – Ella Hirsh
Mark Feuerstein – Simon Stein
Ken Howard – Michael Feller
Candice Azzara – Sydelle Feller
Director – Curtis Hanson
Producers – Ridley Scott, Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon, Lisa Ellzey
Writer – Susannah Grant
Director(s)
Curtis Hanson
Writer(s)
Susannah Grant
Producer(s)
Ridley Scott, Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon, Lisa Ellzey
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 7 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (163) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (121) | Rotten (42)
Adapted from a best seller by Jennifer Weiner, this tends toward petty audience manipulation, though Diaz and Collette strike sparks in the early scenes.
June 28, 2022
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
A simple yet rich drama played with humour and compassion and blessed with excellent performances.
April 1, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
Liz Beardsworth
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Considering it doesn’t star Maggie Smith or Judi Dench, it’s surprising how mature and moving this female-focused drama is.
February 9, 2006
Amy Simmons
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
The dialogue is exceptional — bruising, funny, wise, with the directness that only siblings can inflict on each other.
January 17, 2006
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
I think one reason this movie is so appealing is that it’s the anti-Sex and the City-its earnestness and relative lack of rank bawdiness or cynicism seem novel in the present pop-culture atmosphere.
December 9, 2005
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
The landmasses of Asia and Africa took less time to split apart than this interminable film does to grind towards its emotionally forgiving conclusion.
December 6, 2005 | Rating: 2/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
A feel-good film of the highest order.
June 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Mattie Lucas
The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
It’s hard to believe chick flick tripe like this was even revered with critical praise, but it happened.
April 29, 2009 | Rating: 2/4
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
“In Her Shoes” is an unbalanced movie that teeters between saccharine fluff and preachy self-help sentiment.
April 15, 2009 | Rating: C-
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
Cluttered and predictable; but laced with laughs and enough of an emotional payoff to make it all worthwhile.
July 16, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics
When it comes to offensive depictions of disability, even with its abundance in movies, the silence can be really deafening, no pun intended.
February 10, 2007
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio
full review in Greek
October 3, 2006 | Rating: 3/5
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses…
Plot
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad’s house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose’s apartment. Then, while searching in her father’s desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well.
Trivia
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