Curtis Hanson would seem an odd choice to direct a movie about two once-close sisters who must find out who they are on their own before they can reconcile as better people. His most acclaimed films – “L.A. Confidential” and “Wonder Boys” – are powerfully male-centric. Based on the novel of the same name, this seems to be striving for that “Sex and the City” mix of witty insights into female relationships and romance with weighty tearjerker moments. What keeps “In Her Shoes” from striding irretrievably into chick-flick territory are the performances, notably from Shirley MacLaine and Toni Collette as a long-estranged grandmother and granddaughter. And Cameron Diaz, as Collette’s sister, believably plays a party girl who’s gotten by all her life with the nonstop force of her good looks and magnetism. Rated: PG-13 Rating: 2 1/2 out of 4 stars.
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