Delysia, it appears, is living in the apartment of her employer, club owner Nick (Mark Strong, "Syriana," "Stardust") while auditioning for a lead role with Phil under Nick's covers and being seriously wooed by her piano man Michael (Lee Pace, "Infamous," "The Good Shepherd"), the ex-con jailed for attempting to steal a diamond for Delysia from the Tower of London. Arriving at the door of Delysia Lafosse, she's immediately swept in to help the distraught bonbon in pink satin and offers to get Phil (Tom Payne) out of bed - but Lafosse had not applied to Miss Holt for a nanny and Phil is a bigger boy than Miss Pettigrew is used to. Both encounters will cross over into her soon to change future. Then, before the opening credits have finished rolling, we witness the nanny who's lost her job lose her possessions (an ex-con offers to help her gather her opened suitcase, scaring her away) and even her dinner when she's jostled at a soup kitchen while witnessing an assignation. During her dismissal by Miss Holt, we learn that although Miss Pettigrew is the teetotaling daughter of a minister, her appreciation for subversive humor gets her into trouble. An Oscar winner and nominee take time out for a lark - "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" is a lighter than air concoction that plays like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" crossed with "Pocketful of Miracles." This broad farce is an enjoyable meringue of a movie albeit one of little staying power.
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