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Calendar Girls (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 117 Fresh: 87  Rotten:30 Average Rating: 6.5/10
 
Consensus: A charming, but cliched comedy reminiscent of The Full Monty.
 

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Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for nudity, some language and drug-related material

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Theatrical Release: 03-09-2003

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Nigel Cole's CALENDAR GIRLS has a mix of comedy and heart-tugging emotion that compares with British comedies FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and THE FULL MONTY. Annie (Julie Walters) and Chris (Helen Mirren), of bucolic Yorkshire, belong to the Women's Institute (WI),... Based on a true story, Nigel Cole's CALENDAR GIRLS has a mix of comedy and heart-tugging emotion that compares with British comedies FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and THE FULL MONTY. Annie (Julie Walters) and Chris (Helen Mirren), of bucolic Yorkshire, belong to the Women's Institute (WI), which preserves traditional homemaking practices. While they're just as dedicated as the other ladies in the group, Annie and Chris are adventurous personalities, and they poke fun at the WI's tedious lectures on broccoli and fabrics. In an effort to raise money for the local hospital while also spicing things up at the WI, the ladies decide to put a new spin on the WI calendar, which usually depicts landscapes or churches. The women will pose nude for the calendar while performing traditional activities like baking and gardening. It's no surprise that the finished calendar is a wild success, bringing the ladies instant notoriety and adoration. Stellar talent carries the story, especially from glorious Mirren, who portrays yet another daring female character, as she did in past films like THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER. Staying true to the real-life story, the film closely matches the original calendar photos, and provides a funny, touching, uplifting tale. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Helen Mirren, Julie Waters, John Alderton, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie

Director: Nigel Cole
Screenwriter: Tim Firth, Juliette Towhidi
Producer: Suzanne Mackie, Nick Barton
Composer: Patrick Doyle

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 5, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurettes - 1. "The Naked Truth"
  • 2. "Creating the Calendar"
  • 3. Deleted Scenes

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2/4

Places itself in a tradition of films that are fairly easy to make, looks like it's doing a professional job and still ends up failing.

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10/12/03
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08/17/03
Matthew Turner
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4/5

A delight, full of great one-liners, quirky character-based comedy, and two excellent lead performances from Mirren and Walters.

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08/12/03
Neil Smith
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4.5/5

Beware: This warm and very funny film, based on a true story, is almost criminally crowd-pleasing!

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06/19/03
Rich Cline
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06/10/03
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4/5

A rather conventional comedy, but it works with honor and spirit.

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01/31/08
Rob Gonsalves
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B+

Nude and loving it.

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09/14/07
Christopher Smith
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2/4

...uncomfortably familiar and thoroughly predictable...

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Michael O'Sullivan
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Tampoco hay que ponerse demasiado exigente; (...) la película tiene su gracia y cumple con casi todo lo que promete.

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08/31/04
Enrique Buchichio
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1.5/4

'They dropped everything for a good cause' would seem to refer more to the filmmakers than the gutsy, middle-aged women shedding their clothes for a hospital couch.

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08/30/04
David N. Butterworth
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Though the last act is formulaic (...) this film has everything we have come to expect from a British feel-good comedy.

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08/07/04
Boyd van Hoeij
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...an affable, amusing, and highly diverting piece of typical British whimsy. That all of it really happened is almost beside the point but charming in itself.

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05/27/04
John J. Puccio
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Although the material is somewhat slight, Mirren and her cohorts give it weight and verve.

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04/09/04
Kent Turner
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...proves Andy Warhol’s famous dictum, with one added wrinkle: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, especially if you take your clothes off.

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02/05/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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...a bit of enjoyable fluff...

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02/05/04
Lori Hoffman
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