For an obscure tale of a virginal London governess who discovers her true calling running interference for a giddy night-club singer, the 1938 English novel Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day has enjoyed ...

The Depression-era Cinderella comedy, "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," is sporadically enjoyable and always gorgeous to behold -- it's a feast of Art Deco -- but it isn't quite worth a trip to the ...

For an obscure tale of a virginal London governess who discovers her true calling running interference for a giddy nightclub singer, the 1938 English novel Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day has enjoyed a ...

A day in the life of hapless British nanny Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is no easy task. Her frizzy brown hair and frayed threads cost her job after job, but in the exceptionally light ...

Miss Pettigrew is not having a good day. For that matter, she hasn't had a good day, week or month for as long as she can remember. Recently fired from a job as governess -- another in a long line of ...

Dad, you can go to the movies again. It's been a tough season at the multiplex for my father. He's a good man, a retired widower who has experienced the sacrifice, pain and loss that inevitably come ...

Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a governess with a problem: She can't keep a job. A string of clashes with employers has left her desperate for shelter and scrounging for meals. And it ...

This was shot at the legendary Ealing Studios, but I hesitate to call it a British comedy: its two stars are American, it opened in the U.S. five months before it opened in the UK, and its innocuous ...