Review of Calendar Girls (2003) by Sara H — 13 Feb 2012

The casting was phenomenal, as you really feel the captured essence of women in their late 50's and 60's attempting to bend the rules of conventionality and beauty. The characters were witty and the message was timeless, truly.

It's not about what is on the outside, but what is on the inside that matters. Their hearts went out to their friends husband who passed away from leukemia, and in order to bring about a financial splash for a hospital wing devoted to him, they make a huge decision to shock and awe people of their sleepy England town.

Posing nude at their age is beautiful, given the respect they showed for the material given in the script. I loved how the movie incorporated the sunflower from John's speech (the husband with leukemia).

It is a message exemplified by these women that sometimes beauty is taking for granted, and that having good friends and family can bring you great happiness and comfort, even after a tragic loss such as John in the film.

It is frustrating when people say they do not like this film because of the age of the women portrayed, and I think that is very ignorant, given that full frontal nudity was not shown and that the nudity was not meant to be erotic or sexual in any ways.

I mean, read the description, if you do not like what you have read, don't watch it, (particularly if you apparently don't like seeing naked 60 years old, which are actually women that are quite pretty, particularly Helen Mirren).