In Her Shoes

While the title In Her Shoes speaks mostly to women, the movie is not a total "chick-flick." The movie is a family drama about two warring sisters (the well-cast Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette) and how they mend their differences. Sound like a Lifetime afternoon special? Don't worry, men, there's something here for you too. The second half of the movie has the Diaz character moving in with her grandma (Shirley MacLaine) in South Florida, and, you know what that means: Yes, Cameron Diaz is once again clad in only a bikini at least 90 percent of the time.

The movie details the perilous sibling dynamic of rebellious, sexy Maggie (Diaz) and workaholic, lonely Rose (Collette). Maggie shows up one day on Rose's doorstep, and the two try to get along. Even though Maggie and Rose are complete opposites, they share a sense of humor and devotion to each other that surpass their constant brawls and draws the viewer in.

Every Sex and the City fan will be impressed by the number of Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks that Rose possesses-she has an overwhelming supply of outrageous shoes because "they always fit." It becomes more and more apparent that she is very jealous of her sister, despite her own lofty accomplishments and shoe-purchasing power and masks this insecurity by setting even higher goals.

Rose gets fed up with her selfish sister when Maggie goes too far with Rose's boyfriend. Rose kicks the backstabbing Maggie out, resulting in aforementioned bikini-clad Diaz in their long-lost grandmother's retirement community. This portion of the movie provides pure comedy and leaves you wishing the movie showed more of the elderly cast members. MacLaine is particularly good as the grandmother, turning one of her best performances since her 1983 Oscar for Terms of Endearment.

Though the movie is overlong at two hours and 10 minutes, it leaves the audience with a strengthened sense of devotion to family, estranged or not.