Michael Clark Epoch Times Jul 27, 2024 4/5

Potter used her wealth to protect what was near and dear to her. Those of us who knew nothing about her going in will walk away feeling as if we’ve just seen the biography of one of the most vital, steadfast, and unselfish persons to ever grace the Earth.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Aug 5, 2023 3/4

...boasts terrific work from both Zellweger and McGregor that’s heightened by their palpable chemistry together...

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Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Jan 24, 2020 2.5/5

Always accessible in a Downton-Abbey-goes-to-Play-School kind of way, as evidenced by Renée Zellweger's chipper portrayal of Potter as a bustle-skirted bundle of squinty smiles and sudden blushes.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 13, 2019

Miss Potter -- as charming and enchanting as her beloved Tales of Peter Rabbit.

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John Lanchester The New York Review of Books Aug 23, 2018

Impersonating her, Renée Zellweger is willing to be plain, and she lets a gleam in her eye and the hamsterish clenching of her cheeks hint at Potter's formidable strength of will.

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Cliff Doerksen Time Out Nov 17, 2011 2/5

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Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Apr 8, 2011 6/10

Miss Potter is too well crafted to actually be bad, but it's too light to be better than good. An entertaining trifle, but a trifle nonetheless.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 25, 2009 B-

The movie is made to measure for mothers, aunts and grandmothers who would share Potter's books, such as "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," with tikes of any generation.

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Heather Huntington ReelzChannel.com Aug 25, 2008 9/10

A Beatrix Potter biopic: So much more than just cute and fuzzy bunnies.

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Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 3/5

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Brandon Fibbs BrandonFibbs.com Feb 28, 2008 6/10

While it cannot sustain the fairytale enchantment of something like Finding Neverland, Miss Potter is, nonetheless, a worthy and sweet, middle-of-the-road biopic.

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Ted Murphy Murphy's Movie Reviews Jul 14, 2007 B-

There's nothing inherently wrong with MISS POTTER. It's just a throwback to the biopics of the 1930s and 40s and in some ways it may seem progressive to contemporary audiences.

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Scott Collura IGN Jun 25, 2007 2.5/5

Much like star Renée Zellweger's portrayal of its famous title character, Miss Potter is a strange, split-personality kind of thing.

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Mary-Liz Shaw Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jun 1, 2007 3/4

Portraying a real-life hero can be a tough assignment. But Zellweger breezes through the role, flashing her puckish grin, talking in her soft, breathy voice and giving very human face to one of the most beloved figures of English letters.

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Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) May 25, 2007 3/4

For fans of Potter's work, "Miss Potter" is indispensable. But even viewers with the haziest memories of those unique little books will enjoy spending 90 minutes inside her idyllic world.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope May 6, 2007 B

Director Chris Noonan ('Babe') gives us a story with the right balance of humor, pathos and romance.

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Apr 20, 2007 87/100

Deftly navigating the line between the sublime and the saccharine ...

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Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Apr 11, 2007 3.5/5

A film of no little charm, Chris Noonan's Miss Potter never quite gets out of 'Biopic Basic' mode despite occasional murmurings of a desire to be something more.

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Thomas Peyser Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) Mar 21, 2007

Something of a muddle....The level of social criticism and psychological portraiture shifts from Howard's End to Mary Poppins.

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Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle Mar 17, 2007 2.5/5

Enchanting, perhaps, but a long, long way from meaningful.

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