Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 04/25/2006
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Steve Martin wrote the screenplay and served as co-producer for this screen adaptation of his short novel, which takes a witty but bittersweet look at a young woman and the two men involved with her.
Mirabelle Buttersfield (
Claire Danes) is an aspiring artist in her mid-twenties who, after graduating from college, moved to Los Angeles, where she works at the glove counter of an upscale department store.
Mirabelle's job is simple and not demanding, but it doesn't pay especially well, and she finds herself struggling to get out from under a growing mountain of debt from student loans and credit cards. One night, while doing her laundry,
Mirabelle meets
Jeremy (
Jason Schwartzman), a scruffy but likable would-be musician who makes ends meet selling guitar amps. While
Jeremy is obviously infatuated with
Mirabelle, she isn't sure how she feels about him, especially after she meets
Ray Porter (
Steve Martin), a man in his fifties whom she meets at the store.
Ray is independently wealthy, intelligent, and charming, and after asking her out on a date he sweeps her off her feet. However, while
Mirabelle quickly falls for
Ray and he's generous to a fault with her, he refuses to commit exclusively to her and suggests they should both see other people, a prospect that no longer holds much appeal for her.
Shopgirl received its world premiere at the
2005 Toronto Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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An Original Romantic Comedy-Drama.
Steve Martin wrote a novella that became a best-seller. It was a such a success, Martin decided to adapted it into a motion picture with himself as the star and co-producer. The main character of the film is Claire Danes as a beautiful aspiring artist working at a Beverly Hills department store where she meets two very different men--one is a wealthy entrepreneur (Martin), and the other is a socially inept guy, who doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Also starring Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Joshua Snyder, Alexandra Lee, Ray Buktenica, and Anne Marie Howard.
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