Shopgirl 2005

     This film is based on a bestselling novella written by Steve Martin.  Mirabelle Buttersfield is in her twenties and she has recently graduated from college.  She has moved to Los Angeles and it’s not quite what she was expecting or hoped for.  She is barely eking out a living working as a clerk at the women’s evening gloves counter at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.  She has massive student loans and her salary is barely making a dent on the balance.  She has made no friends at work or where she lives.  This fact doesn’t help with her chronic clinical depression?  Suddenly, two men with a romantic interest enter her life??  Jeremy is a poor slacker and he works as an amplifier salesman/font designer.  The other man is Ray and since he is older at 35, he could be called a sugar daddy.

     It’s tough to graduate from college and then expect everything to fall into perfect place in your life.  The cocoon of education has dumped you out and your own your own!!  Mirabelle has two choices at the moment, Ray or Jeremy?  But, there is a third choice, could she meet someone else and turn down both Ray and Jeremy?  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)    

106 min, Drama directed by Anand Tucker with Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Samantha Shelton, Gina Doctor.

Note:  Imdb 6.4 out of 10, Roger Ebert 3 ½*, 60% critic 58% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic 62 out of 10 with 34 critics 6.5 out of 10 with 63 reviews, Rolling Stone 3* out of 4* Peter Travers, Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 224 reviews.

Special Note:  There are two different cats used in a scene in Mirabelle’s bedroom.  One cat jumps on the bed and watches her with Jeremy.  One cat would jump but never watched.  The other cat didn’t jump but watched?