She's been hiding all her life,

Soon, She'll show the world

just who she is.

Born with a snout for a nose, young Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci) spends life a virtual prisoner in her home. Believing that the only way to break the curse is to marry one of her own kind, she meets a number of suitors, but all reject her. Two devious men one with a grudge against the family, hire a man (James McAvoy) to pose as suitor, but complications arise when he begins to fall in love with Penelope, and she make a bid for freedom.