“It’s not the power of the curse, it is the power you give the curse.”
Penelope (2006) dir. Mark Palansky
“It’s not the power of the curse, it is the power you give the curse.”
Penelope (2006) dir. Mark Palansky
I don’t have the power to break the curse. It’s okay. Turns out I did.
Penelope (2006) - dir. Mark Palansky
And only when one of your own kind claims this daughter as their own ‘till death do they part’ will the curse be broken.
Penelope (2006)
All Halloween, I’ve been running into…well, someone I used to know.
Penelope (2006) dir. Mark Palansky
I couldn’t give her what she wanted. What did she want? To be free. Penelope (2006) dir. Mark Palansky
This. All the awards for Penelope. Here’s a fairy tale about a girl cursed at birth with a huge flaw in her genetics: the nose of a pig. Forced to grow up hidden away in her home, with a mother who scared her from ever entering the outside world, in fear of people cringing at her face and ridiculing her. She spends her whole life being told by her family that the only way to break the curse is to marry a man, for only another’s acceptance of her face would break the spell. But in the end, she runs away from her wedding, realizing that she doesn’t want to enter a loveless marriage just to break a curse she was born with. She doesn’t need a man to cure her, because she’s perfectly fine exactly the way she is. She finally accepts herself and loves herself for who she is, flaws and all. And that, my friends, is how the curse gets broken. Not by a man, not by true love. But by loving and accepting herself. Ugh, absolute perfection.
- What did she want? - To be free.
FAVORITE MOVIES: Penelope (2006) “Come on, Penelope. What are you waiting for?”