I love Toni Collette, and I hate how she's so often cast as "the fat girl," when she's not fat at all! She's so talented, so beautiful, and the only way on earth that a director can get away with calling Collette "the fat one" is by putting her next to Cameron Diaz in nothing but underwear. And that's exactly what director Curtis Hanson did. But I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that Diaz's character, the beautiful-but-slutty sister Maggie, is supposed to be in her underwear or a bikini for 85% of the story, and that that's exactly what Maggie does in the original book. I'm sure a male director had nothing to do with that decision.
So besides leaving Toni Collette off the poster entirely and calling her character "fat," I had no problem with In Her Shoes. There are some honestly endearing scenes (especially between Collette's character, Rose, and her eventual-boyfriend, Simon), and bring your tissues for a couple of poem-readings that will make you cry. The commercials make In Her Shoes look predictable and formulaic, but I think you should see it for yourself. Never judge a film until you've walked a mile in its shoes. (I'm so puny!)
So besides leaving Toni Collette off the poster entirely and calling her character "fat," I had no problem with In Her Shoes. There are some honestly endearing scenes (especially between Collette's character, Rose, and her eventual-boyfriend, Simon), and bring your tissues for a couple of poem-readings that will make you cry. The commercials make In Her Shoes look predictable and formulaic, but I think you should see it for yourself. Never judge a film until you've walked a mile in its shoes. (I'm so puny!)