Calendar Girls

4/5 stars

This fun and touching film is based on a true story. The women of the Rylstone Women’s Institute in North Yorkshire decide to have a fundraiser to benefit the hospital where Annie’s husband spent much of his last weeks. But their usual calendar of the sites of North Yorkshire generally does a woeful business, so they decide instead to make a pin-up style calendar. The catch? These are ordinary women, not the young, hot girls usually seen in such calendars.

Definitely recommended. Fun, funny, and even touching, though not sappy. It’s even more fun to think that this was based on a true story.