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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Disney
EAN: 0786936282986
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Feature: Based on Steve Martin s bestselling novella, Shopgirl follows the life and relationships of Mirabelle (Danes), an aspiring artist who makes ends meet selling gloves in a Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue. Two men enter Mirabelle s life simultaneously wealthy, older Ray Porter (Martin) and young, fumbling Jeremy (Schwartzman). Before Mirabelle can find the right man, she must first begin the journey
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1JapaneseOriginal LanguageUnknownEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbedUnknownSpanishDubbedUnknown
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
MPN: D40138D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Running Time: 106 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: October 21, 2005
Features:- Based on Steve Martin s bestselling novella, Shopgirl follows the life and relationships of Mirabelle (Danes), an aspiring artist who makes ends meet selling gloves in a Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue. Two men enter Mirabelle s life simultaneously wealthy, older Ray Porter (Martin) and young, fumbling Jeremy (Schwartzman). Before Mirabelle can find the right man, she must first begin the journey
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A salesgirl dates two men, an older wealthy man and a young struggling musician in search of love, happiness and an end to her loneliness.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 25-APR-2006
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
Any fan of Steve Martin's 2000 novella will enjoy this pitch-perfect adaptation, which glowingly captures the bittersweet tones of a May-December romance. Martin wrote the screenplay and stars as Ray Porter, a button-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as a Los Angeles playmate. The book and movie, though, are both primarily about Mirabelle (Claire Danes), a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, as she fades away into a slow corner of Saks selling unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy (Jason Schwartzman), a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter calls, his appearance in her life begins to make her whole. It also immediately sets her up for sadness--Ray thinks of Mirabella as a precious outlet for sex, while Mirabelle, very mistakenly, sees Ray as a potential lifelong mate. Martin deftly turns the novella's prose into dialogue, allowing the movie to feel full-bodied, and the film also works as a comedy, as we witness Jeremy's growth on the road with a rock band. Schwartzman would walk away with film if not for the perfectly cast leads: Martin does another smart turn away from his wild-and-crazy moniker, Danes has never been better in an Oscar-worthy performance, and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras aces her role as a hot-to-trot co-worker of Mirabelle's. Whoever's decision to have Martin be the omnipresent narrator, though, should be penalized, as it's confusing to have him in two roles, and the information is pretty useless, even robbing the film of a final grace note. --Doug Thomas
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Shopgirl. Romance, comedy, drama. Starring: Claire Danes, Steve Martin, Jason Schwartzman. Directed by: Anand Tucker. 104 minutes. English subtitles. M.
It's not often you get a realistic, yet heartfelt and philosophical look at modern day romance, in the cinematic world. In amongst the tacky and the predictable films available in the romance and comedy genre, Shopgirl is a refreshing breath of fresh air mixing together a fun and amusing storyline whilst also pointing out some of life's ... Read More
Rating:  -
It took me long enough but I've finally watched this film. I was living in Germany when it was released so...
What's surprising is how beautiful this film is. It seems to start out droll and somewhat morose. That was the trap. Even as it was seemingly touching but depressing it unfolded from that less than impressive bud into a flower of haunting beauty- with its fair share of thorns.
The seems simple enough: a bored, attractively handsome young women is looking for her place in life, in ... Read More
Rating: -
Steve Martin is a very gifted writer, and although the film version of Shopgirl of course leaves many details out and makes a few changes, the fact that he did the screen adaptation himself and starred in it shows that it remains as he wanted it. I didn't care for it much at first, but subsequent viewings have really made their mark on me. Anand Tucker very sensitively directs this quiet and aching meditation on modern love in Los Angeles. As another reviewer beautifully put it, it's a contemplative ... Read More
Rating: -
The Bottom Line:
Shopgirl really could have done without Jason Schwartzman's annoying performance and character, but the romance between Steve Martin and Claire Danes is so true and unconventional that the movie is easily worth recommending.
Rating: -
Claire Danes is Mirabelle Buttersfield, a young woman on her own in Los Angeles. Jason Swartzman is Jeremy, a young man living nearby. The two meet in the laundryroom of their apartment complex and strike up a friendship of sorts. Both are aspiring artists - as yet "undiscovered".
Mirabelle spends her days at the upscale Saks Fifth Ave., working at the glove counter - her nights alone - after shopping for groceries at the local market. Then one day, Ray Porter, (Steve Martin) stops at the counter ... Read More
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