Synopsis
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
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Cast
- Helen MirrenChris Harper
- Julie WaltersAnnie Clarke
- John AldertonJohn Clarke
- Linda BassettCora
- Annette CrosbieJessie
- Philip GlenisterLawrence Sertain
- Ciarán HindsRod Harper
- Celia ImrieCelia
- Geraldine JamesMarie
- Penelope WiltonRuth
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
It creates a strong sense of a living, breathing community, and you root for its affectionately drawn characters as they experience the giddiness of triumph without forgetting the project's bittersweet inspiration. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
The story hooks us because stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters look as fetching in woolens and Wellingtons as they do in the altogether. But it reels us in because it is about people who for so long have paid lip service to making a difference that they are profoundly altered when they actually do. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
It's a real-life story adapted into a grown-up comedy that is warm, winning and sexy. Call it "The Full Auntie." - 70
Village Voice
Remains a genial lesson in how to both honor and subvert womanly expectations. - 63
ReelViews
Unfortunately, the material doesn't justify the talent. These women deserve more than Calendar Girls ultimately gives them. - 60
Variety
Though the film is never dull, and playing by the cast is spirited, it's actually a surprisingly gentle movie, with no big "Full Monty"-like finale to send auds buzzing into the street. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Closer in texture and consistency to individually wrapped American cheese than good, tangy English cheddar. But even humble plastic-wrapped cheese has its virtues and so does this film. - 50
L.A. Weekly
The real-life calendar girls were actual human beings, and here they're merely comic patsies, lacking the distinctive personalities that made the men of "The Full Monty" so endearing, their final act of revelation so peculiarly dignified.
