In Her Shoes (2005)

i didn't know this movie existed at all. i watched it on Astro few months back and second time few weeks ago... (yeah... Astro Recycle Center ;P )

anyway, Toni Collete (as Rose Feller) and Cameron Diaz ( as Maggie Feller) starred in this flick. and, as obviously shown here, it's about sisterhood. first, let me comment on Toni Collete performance. i like Toni Collete the instant i watched her in The Muriel's Wedding long, long time ago. She has always been consistent, she really portrayed her character very well and she's a very talented actress. especially the mother, sisters or close-knit family thingy type of character, I'd say "Toni Collete, bring it on girl!" :) I guess when it comes to a character with personal touch, Toni Collete can give that kind of impact.

okay, back to In Her Shoes. As been said before, Collete(Rose, elder sis) and Diaz(Maggie) are sisters but they are very different in every way. Even with nothing much in common, they get along pretty well but of course little squabble here and there but nothing major. Rose is a stable, sensible and responsible person but has a very dead social life. Maggie on the other hand is everything opposite. She's a carefree, wild and alive, except that she's jobless due to her dyslexic condition. she just refuse to improve herself where she rather use her social charm to get what she wants.

so, as predicted, every time Maggie got into trouble, rose has to bail her ass out. but rose doesn't mind because it's what she always do. looking after her sister, protecting her. until the day Maggie slipped by sleeping with Rose's boyfriend. And 3rd world war started. the 'war' really tested their sisters-ship, dependency on each other and struggling to cope with life without being around with each other.

another part that i like in this movie is the poems. "One Art," a poem by Elizabeth Bishop and "I Carry Your Heart with Me", by E E Cummings. I just love both of the poems and i'll share the URL once i find it later.

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;
and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)

i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)
i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

finally, all in all, i'll give In Her Shoes a fine 8/10.