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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroIt creates a strong sense of a living, breathing community, and you root for its affectionately drawn characters as they experience the giddiness of triumph without forgetting the project's bittersweet inspiration.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThe story hooks us because stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters look as fetching in woolens and Wellingtons as they do in the altogether. But it reels us in because it is about people who for so long have paid lip service to making a difference that they are profoundly altered when they actually do.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterIt's a real-life story adapted into a grown-up comedy that is warm, winning and sexy. Call it "The Full Auntie."
- 70Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterRemains a genial lesson in how to both honor and subvert womanly expectations.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliUnfortunately, the material doesn't justify the talent. These women deserve more than Calendar Girls ultimately gives them.
- 60VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyThough 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.
- 60Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisCloser 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.
- 50L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThe real-life calendar girls were actual human beings, and here they're merely comic patsies, lacking the distinctive personalities that made the men of "The Full Monty" so endearing, their final act of revelation so peculiarly dignified.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittDon't race to see it unless a female "Full Monty" is just what you've been waiting for.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhen the biggest compliment you can pay a picture is that it is professional and not smug, there's a little something missing, like invention.