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

Miss Potter is as seamless, comfortable and tidy as a Peter Rabbit story, all scones and biscuits, quietly punctuated by tolerable naughtiness.

If the source material is soft, the film then takes another punch with the casting of Renée Zellweger in the title role. She overflows with tics and twitches that make the author seem vaguely deranged.

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.