Goldbacher, S. (2008). Ballet Shoes. DVD, Koch Vision.ASIN: B0019OP0GU
$24.98
Viewer's Annotation: Three orphan girls train for the stage in 1930's London, to help their beloved guardian raise money for their household.
Summary:Based on the book by Noel Streatfield, this is the story of three orphan girls who are raised together as sisters. The girls are brought together by Great Uncle Matthew, an adventurer who collects both fossils and orphaned babies. They are raised by Sylvia, or Garnie, and Nana in a house in 1930's London. Garnie has to take in boarders to raise money to keep the house and support the girls. The boarders they take in introduce the Fossil sisters to life in training to be child stars. Posy's mother left her with nothing but a pair of pointe shoes, and she has a natural gift for ballet. Pauline (played by Emma Watson, or Hermione from the Harry Potter movies) has a talent for acting. Petrova cares nothing for singing, dancing or acting, but would rather fly an airplane. Together the girls work to help Garnie manage the household expenses, and to put their name in the history books, because it is theirs and theirs alone.
Genre: movie, fiction, siblings, historical fiction, coming of age
Series : Though there are no other movies in this series, Noel Streetfield did write many other "Shoes" books.
Evaluation: One of my favorite books of all times has been made into a beautiful movie, about working hard to support your family and achieve your dreams. Really lovely.
Why it belongs in a Tween Collection: This movie will appeal to tweens for probably one of three reasons. 1) They want to watch another movie with "Hermione" in it. 2) They've read the classic novel. or 3) They have ambitions of becoming a ballet dancer. Any of the three reasons are good ones for adding it to a tween collection.
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Reviews:
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Based on the Noel Streatfeild novel Ballet Shoes, this is not the 1976 film starring Angela Thorne and Barbara Lott, but a 2007 BBC Northern Ireland production starring Eileen Atkins, Peter Bowles, Richard Griffiths, Gemma Jones, and Harriet Walter. The Fossils are an unconventional British family living in 1930's London. Orphans Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige), and Posy (Lucy Boynton) are being raised by an elder sister Sylvia (Emilia Fox) and her Nana (Victoria Wood) in the absence of their eccentric great uncle Matthew (Richard Griffiths). As Sylvia struggles to educate and support her three charges on very limited funds, she is forced to let rooms and enroll the girls in the Academy of Dance and Stage Training in hopes of furthering their education and preparing them to earn a comfortable living. While at the academy, each of the three ambitious girls discovers her own personal calling and labors intensively to achieve her dreams: Pauline studies to become a star on the stage, Petrova gravitates toward a career in aviation, and Posy trains to become a great classical ballerina. Their paths are difficult and full of adversity, but the sisters' steadfast support of one another and common resolve to earn a place in the history books based on their own merits propels each of them toward individual success. A compelling and inspirational film that encourages young women to strive for their dreams, Ballet Shoes is most appealing to ages 9 and older. --Tami Horiuchi
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