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Calendar Girls (2003) 6.9
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6.9/10 from 18,532 users
Metascore: 60/100
Reviews: 139 user | 70 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation. Director:Nigel Cole |
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Calendar Girls: Deleted Scenes
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Middle aged Chris Harper and Annie Clarke are best friends. They spend much of their time at their local Knapely, Yorkshire County chapter of the Women's Institute (WI), whose motto is "enlightenment, fun and friendship". Although they like most of the women at the WI (the friendship part), they, but the perceived flaky Chris in particular, hold the way Marie, the local president, runs the chapter with derision. They find much of what goes on there, especially the monthly presentations, banal and devoid of enlightenment and fun. Equally as banal was last year's fund-raising calendar, featuring local bridges, which raised a meager £75.60, with this year's proposed calendar, local churches, promising to be even more so. After Annie's husband John passes away from leukemia, Chris wants the WI to provide a memorial in his memory: a new sofa for the family room at the hospital. The one Chris wants to buy costs £999, which she proposes to raise by changing the fund-raising calendar to one ... Written by Huggo
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Drop everything this holiday season. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for nudity, some language and drug-related material | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 January 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Chicas de calendario See more »Box Office
Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,762,505 (UK) (12 September 2003)Gross:
$31,011,616 (USA) (9 April 2004)Company Credits
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[Marie leaves. Chris dives under the table and brings out a cake tin]
Ruth: What's that?
Chris: Well, Annie won't have had time running Yul Brynner in and out of Skipton General, so ta da!
Annie: Sorry I'm late. It just took a bit longer than... Oh my God, the cake!
Chris: Told you.
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Written by Naomi Neville
© Jarb Publishing Co
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
Performed by The Meters
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products/Warner Strategic Marketing UK
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Contrary to the depiction in the film, the proposal for the calendar enjoyed broad support in the Women's Institute organisation. See more »Goofs
When Chris runs out of the door to the Hollywood film studio following Annie, she is barefoot. When the shot changes and they emerge into the alleyway behind the studio they are both wearing slippers. See more »Quotes
Marie: Victoria Sponge. Annie's on Victoria sponge.[Marie leaves. Chris dives under the table and brings out a cake tin]
Ruth: What's that?
Chris: Well, Annie won't have had time running Yul Brynner in and out of Skipton General, so ta da!
Annie: Sorry I'm late. It just took a bit longer than... Oh my God, the cake!
Chris: Told you.
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Crazy Credits
The cast list is split into two halves. The first thirteen actors/characters (Helen Mirren/Chris to John Fortune/Frank) are followed by the main crew such as the producers, writer and director, with the remaining cast appearing after this. See more »Soundtracks
Ride Your PonyWritten by Naomi Neville
© Jarb Publishing Co
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
Performed by The Meters
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products/Warner Strategic Marketing UK
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I did not expect to enjoy this movie; from the few descriptions I'd seen I thought it would be a string of silly gags about nudity. I could not have been more wrong. The story involves some normal, believable characters dealing with grief and with the habitual narrowness of their lives in a creative way. I liked them and believed in them. At times some of the characters seem a bit to good to be true, but far more often I found myself thinking "yes, I know people like that." Their flaws and errors of judgment are handled well. When I first saw this movie I was totally unaware that it was based on a true story; that fact just put the cap on it. There's a little bit of saccharine, but a lot more unfiltered honey.