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Calendar Girls (2003)

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 119
Fresh: 88 | Rotten: 31

A charming, but cliched comedy reminiscent of The Full Monty.

Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 10

A charming, but cliched comedy reminiscent of The Full Monty.

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Nigel Cole directs the feel-good comedy Calendar Girls, based on the true story of a group of working-class British housewives who became overnight celebrities by posing for a nude calendar in order to raise more than 500-thousand pounds for a new leukemia unit. The film follows the adventures of best friends Chris Harper (Helen Mirren) and Annie Clarke (Julie Walters), both members of the charitable Rylstone Women's Institute in North Yorkshire. After Annie's husband John (John Alderton)

PG-13, 1 hr. 48 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Nigel Cole

Written By: Tim Firth, Juliette Towhidi

In Theaters: Dec 19, 2003 Limited

On DVD: May 4, 2004

Box Office:$30.9M

Buena Vista Pictures

An innocent comic exercise, fueled more on charm than titillation.

January 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Hap Erstein

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Amiable enough as a frothy entertainment, with darker overtones rendered with emotional effectiveness.

January 8, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

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The movie -- like the calendar -- moves along smoothly.

January 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

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Sentimental and eccentric.

January 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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Calendar Girls will make your day.

January 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Jeff Strickler

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Tries to be both funny and touching and and isn't enough of either.

January 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Eric Harrison

Houston Chronicle

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Charming, feel-good flick. Most teens won't care.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Beth Pratt

Common Sense Media

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

January 31, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Nude and loving it.

September 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

...uncomfortably familiar and thoroughly predictable...

March 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Tampoco hay que ponerse demasiado exigente; (...) la pel�cula tiene su gracia y cumple con casi todo lo que promete.

August 31, 2004 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total

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Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

'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.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf

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David N. Butterworth

Movie Boeuf

Though the last act is formulaic (...) this film has everything we have come to expect from a British feel-good comedy.

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: european-films.net

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Boyd van Hoeij

european-films.net

If the movie seems perhaps a bit too cute and comfortable, so be it; it's a small price to pay for such sweet entertainment.

May 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...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.

May 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The Full Monty with boobies. The perfect gift (or is it diet encouragement?) for Mother's Day.

April 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Although the material is somewhat slight, Mirren and her cohorts give it weight and verve.

April 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

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Cast: Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Ciar�n Hinds, Geraldine James, Jay Leno Director: Nigel Cole Summary: The members of the Knapely Women's Institute of North Yorkshire are resourceful and refined -- and they're about to shock the residents of their

August 7, 2009

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Helen Mirren is hot.

September 7, 2010

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