i just watched PENELOPE, a story about a girl's inspiring journey to find herself & her one true love.
sounds like any other story right? wrong.
here's the twist. she was cursed & was born with a face of a pig. of all creatures, a pig? yikes!
and my, was she horrendous. correction, grosteque is the word that would best describe her.
the mother (played brilliantly by catherine o'hara) shied penelope (christina ricci) away from the public since birth, even faked her death (wouldn't blame her though) & tried her very best matching her with a blue blood brood in order to break the dreaded curse.
she got fed up with the whole ordeal (try doing that for 7 years & got rejected every single time) until she met johny (james mcavoy).
with all odds against them, it's a wonderful watch to finally see the two of them get together.
oops, did i just tell u the ending? my bad. but i really can't help it.
what i love about this movie is that it tells u to accept urself regardless what others perceive u to be & that u could still meet that special someone who would accept u flaws & all.
so if u're into modern day romantic tale, this is the movie for u. it's a light watch that will leave u with the warm and fuzzy feeling at the end. :)
