Calendar Girls Critic Reviews

While each Yorkshire playmate-of-the-month warmly assesses her own undewy flesh, the movie gives off a happy vibe of appreciation -- for the dignity of the real Rylstone lot, the actresses who play them so lovingly, and the simple, flower-bed borders of the story. Read the full review

It's the kind of sweet, good-humored comedy that used to star Margaret Rutherford, although Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, its daring top-liners, would have curled Dame Margaret's eyebrows. Read the full review

Charming movie,Read the full review

It's a real-life story adapted into a grown-up comedy that is warm, winning and sexy. Call it "The Full Auntie." Read the full review

What the movie can't quite get over, no matter how hard the filmmakers try, is the story's built-in limitations. Read the full review

More like that crowd-pleasing UK fluff that requires great actresses to do wacky things. Mirren is such an easy, breezy presence that you might think she's playing the screenwriting equivalent of air.Read the full review

Unfortunately, the material doesn't justify the talent. These women deserve more than Calendar Girls ultimately gives them. Read the full review

Though the film is never dull, and playing by the cast is spirited, it's actually a surprisingly gentle movie, with no big "Full Monty"-like finale to send auds buzzing into the street. Read the full review

Closer in texture and consistency to individually wrapped American cheese than good, tangy English cheddar. But even humble plastic-wrapped cheese has its virtues and so does this film.Read the full review