'Miss Pettigrew' charms with frump, quirk and dark humor
By Lily Ringler | March 31, 2008Set in the inter-war years in London, "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" starts with a look at the title character, Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand), as she struggles to find work after being canned by the drunken matron of the house where she had previously nannied.