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 Barnes & Noble Based on a real-life situation that made headlines worldwide (a development that is incorporated into the story), Calendar Girls is equal parts drama and comedy, woven seamlessly into a narrative fabric carefully stitched together by director Nigel Cole. It begins in a small English village where women while away their spare hours in a ladies club where floral arrangements and baking contests are the principal activities. When the husband of a well-liked member (Julie Walters) succumbs to cancer, her best friend (Helen Mirren) proposes a more worthy project: raising money to finance a cancer-care wing in the local hospital. Somewhat improbably, the middle-aged women decide to do this by selling calendars adorned with semi-nude pictures of themselves. Yes, this really happened, and Cole depicts the process in hilariously excruciating detail. He shows us that the ladies each have something to prove, if only to themselves; one initially reticent participant poses just to get back at her unfaithful husband, another to vindicate her supposedly unseemly interest in sexuality. The calendars notoriety goes beyond the shores of Mother England, and a large chunk of the narrative is devoted to the ladies whirlwind trip to Hollywood, their subsequent appearances on TV, and their overnight celebrity. The consequences of sudden fame, including bloated egos and unwelcome intrusions by strangers, conspire to unravel this close-knit group, and Cole and his uniformly excellent cast believably depict the inevitable personality conflicts. Ciaran Hinds is especially strong as Mirrens patient but increasingly exasperated husband. Like The Full Monty, to which it’s inevitably compared, Calendar Girls is a perfectly unassuming and delightful comedy. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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