"In Her Shoes"

I saw this movie on DVD last night. It's a pretty good chick flick. Talks about 2 sisters who are as opposite as night and day. Sisters who love but can't stand each other at the same time. It basically illustrates sibling rivalry and rising above it.

In this case, they have a long lost grandmother (Shirley Maclaine) to show them the way. She helps them to make peace with each other and with themselves (took that almost straight out of the CD jacket there).

The movie itself dragged on for about an hour or so going into each personality - how they lived their lives and how this affected the other.

Toni Collette plays the older more responsible sister, who thinks she's fat and unattractive. Cameron Diaz on the other hand, is the flirty party girl who's also the irresponsible carefree dumb blonde troublemaker.

Anyway moving on, they get into trouble but eventually make up in the end. What touched me with this story was how Cameron's character - Maggie, who made it a personal career to sleep around with as many men as possible and get the most out of it, was touched by an old guy in a retirement home. Out of all the men she goes out and sleeps with, the one guy who touches her heart is an old man in a retirement home who gets her to read him poems and stories. Made me cry when he died. Sort of reminded me of my grandfather.

Doesn't take a lot to make a girl feel special. Sometimes just appreciating the little things in her go a long way.