Calendar Girls PG-13
Some ladies will do anything for a good cause.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 4, 2004
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Walt Disney Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Julie Waters & Helen Mirren | |
Performer: | John Alderton, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Philip Glenister, Ciarán Hinds, Geraldine James, Penelope Wilton & Celia Imrie | |
Directed by | Nigel Cole | |
Screenwriting by | Tim Firth & Juliette Towhidi | |
Composition by | Patrick Doyle | |
Produced by | Suzanne Mackie & Nick Barton | |
Director of Photography: | Ashley Rowe |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
It's hard not to feel that the section where the women go to Hollywood and have the clichéd conflict wasn't pandering to potential audiences across the pond a little too much.
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Patrick Nabarro
...Helen Mirren, Julie Walters and an expert ensemble bring boisterous energy to their portrayals...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Calendar Girls is a prime example of why Americans appreciate British humor. And in this case, we have the added perk of a tale that once again proves that real life is often funnier than fiction.
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Behind The Lens
Rating: C+ --
Tries to be both funny and touching and and isn't enough of either.
Houston Chronicle
The leads are nicely supported by a handful of theater and screen veterans.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/5 --
The heart of Calendar Girls is ripped from the wall in the hunt for transatlantic audience.
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The List
Helen Mirren gives a funny, saucy and surprisingly tender performance as Chris Harper.
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Hartford Courant
Product Description:
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.
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.
Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.:
Calendar Girls
When 12 ordinary members of the Women's Institute, a prim and proper local ladies' club, decide they need to find a more compelling way to raise money for a new charity, they turn to their traditional annual calendar and give it a very untraditional twist. Behind the usual baked goods, the apple pressing, and the flower arrangements are the women -- completely nude! Starring 2003 Golden Globe nominee Helen Mirren (Best Actress, CALENDAR GIRLS) and Julie Walters (HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS), CALENDAR GIRLS is a terrifically entertaining comedy. And that's the naked truth.
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- UPC: 786936227932
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