Rose (Toni Collette) is a career-driven, black suit-donning, little-time-to-socialize lawyer who somehow manages to have a shoe collection that rivals Karen Walker, while Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is the free-spirited, gorgeous sister that somehow manages to get fired from her job and got drunk on every other day. They get into a huge fight and Rose kicks Maggie out. In desperation Maggie finds out that the grandmother they were told was dead is actually alive. So Maggie goes to Florida, and stayed at the old folk's home. And in the following three-quarter of the movie everyone learns about the other one and about their own mistakes.

Somehow Curtis Hanson and the cast managed to turn this simple plot (albeit a NY Times best-seller book) into such a meaningful and heartfelt flick. This is definitely Cameron Diaz' best role yet, she totally nailed the beautiful-girl-with-a-golden-heart persona that is Maggie. The rest of the cast are just as great too. Toni Collette and Shirley Maclaine are as fabulous as they were in any other movie, even Mark Feuerstein (of the cancelled NBC series Good Morning Miami) was very cute and lovable here.

« In Her Shoes » plays with your emotion and does a damn good job with it. One second you'll be cursing at Maggie, another you'd find that all you want is to hug her and say that everything's gonna be OK. You'll find the movie to be very engaging to the last minute and as the credit title rolls up you'll feel all warm and fuzzy inside as if Maggie was your best friend and you were there when all of this happened.