Penelope (93 mins, U)
Directed by Mark Palansky; starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Peter Dinklage, Reese Witherspoon

The modern fairytale Penelope is brief, though seems as long as an Arctic winter. The setting is a recognisable London where most people, including Prince Charming James McAvoy and rich aristocrat Richard E Grant, have American accents, the currency appears to be dollars and the newspapers are staffed by Yanks. The plot turns on the predicament of heiress Christina Ricci, born with a pig's snout as the result of a Victorian spell put on her family, that apparently only mating with another blueblood can cure. The film's small saving grace is the presence of 4ft 5in Peter Dinklage as a one-eyed paparazzo.