Review: More hit than ‘Miss’

Anything goes — and you won’t mind — in the agreeable “Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day.”

Like a catchy Cole Porter ditty from the era, this romantic 1930s period comedy is a theatrical, pithy bit of a whimsy. The sublimely bright and endearing Frances McDormand anchors the slight farce. She’s a down-and-out old maid whose prospects change overnight during the last moments of Jazz Age innocence before London faces war. It is the pull of the “Fargo” star’s vital aura in the title role along with a cute supporting performance by current “it” girl Amy Adams and some fabulous Deco appointments — given the small-scale production’s obviously limited budget — that give this “Day” its due.