The Stranger, October 27th, 2005
Adapted by Steve Martin from his novella of the same name, Shopgirl is a film with strangely divided loyalties. You will never doubt which character deserves your sympathy: Mirabelle (played by Claire Danes in my-so-colored tresses) is a lonely, sensitive Vermont native, stuck behind the rarely frequented glove counter at Saks Fifth Avenue in L.A. She's so desperate for post-collegiate human contact that she'll accept dates from any bachelor--whether eager and oily (Jason Schwartzman's Jeremy) or distant and impeccably attired (Steve Martin's Ray)--who deigns to notice her. The country mouse i...
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