Calendar Girls (2003) | Helen Mirren, Julie Walters

Calendar Girls (2003) | Helen Mirren, Julie Walters | Excellent example of brit humor

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Calendar Girls (2003)

	Calendar Girls (2003) Helen Mirren, Julie Walters Walt Disney Video, 2004 average customer review:based on 99 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Movie

I loved this movie. It is funny but also touching. It is great to watch with a group of women friends.

Excellent example of brit humor

Helen Mirren and Julie Walters are fantastic. A typical example of british life style. It's got everything, it makes you laugh, it makes you weep, it makes you think. Absolutely fabulous! What a great "Sunday Afternoon' movie!

Better than I expected!

`Calendar Girls' is fresh and witty and quite funny. It's actually much better than I was expecting it to be. I absolutely love Helen Mirren who just loses herself in every role, and here, in this comedy it's no exception. As Chris, Mirren plays the rebellious fiftysomething housewife who causes quite a stir in her little community. When her best friend's husband dies of leukemia she devises a plan to raise money for the hospital where he died, to help furnish the waiting room making it more comfortable for the grieving family. The plan is for their annual calendar (they belong to NWI or National Women's Institute). Every year they do a calendar, usually with flowers and churches and such, but this year Chris suggests doing a nude calendar, starring of course the women belonging to the NWI (all in their fifties or older), in order to cause a stir and sell more calendars (most likely out of pure curiosity). At first her idea is baulked at but eventually it's allowed and they raise more money then they could have dreamed...and they become more famous then they would have expected...but with fame comes a price, and that price may be their friendship. Julie Walters is wonderful as the grieving Annie, but it's Mirren who steals the show and breathes so much life into this cute, funny and smart little film.

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naughty but nice

When Annie Clark's husband dies of leukemia, her best friend Chris Harper happens upon an idea to honor his memory after finding a pornography magazine belonging to her son. A group of women friends in their fifties from Yorkshire's normally staid Women's Institute pose in the nude ("not naked!" we are reminded in the film) to produce and market a pin-up calendar, the proceeds of which would benefit the hospital where John was treated and died. Starting with an initial print run of 500 calendars, the women meet international acclaim, including an appearance on the Jay Leno Show, and raise $1 million for the hospital. There is nothing erotic or even sensual in this lighthearted British comedy (rated PG-13). All the women's poses are strategically obscured by potted plants and the like. Instead, in addition to the mischief-making comedy, there are surprisingly powerful sub-themes of body image, aging, grief and loss, community, and memory. The film is based upon a true story from 1999. I was prepared to dismiss this film but instead enjoyed it for the lighthearted fun that it is.

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Time Well Spent

This is a delightful movie. It is fun and yet it is based on a true story. Well worth watching. I had seen it at the movies and bought a copy from Amazon to give to a friend. She was wild over it after watching it.

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