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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: A refreshing lark, made all the more enjoyable by a cast of fine actors. Read more
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: It 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. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: A heartwarmer of a story. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... good-natured confection, filled with breezy humor and heartfelt relationships ... Read more
Hap Erstein, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: An innocent comic exercise, fueled more on charm than titillation. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A featherweight trifle. Read more
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: A paper-thin comic distraction. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Tries to be both funny and touching and and isn't enough of either. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: A lovely romp. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Breezes along for a good stretch in easy delight at age-defying liberation. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: [Mirren and Walters] have the moxie and art to make you forget -- at least for stretches -- the very wobbly contrivance of the story around them. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Conventional, preachy and, worst of all, predictable. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: The real-life calendar girls were actual human beings, and here they're merely comic patsies. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: A breezy British comedy reminiscent of The Full Monty. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: What Calendar Girls gives us is all a bit too thin for a feature film. Or even jam. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The humor lacks bite, and the drama is forced. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Calendar Girls will leave you with that exuberant smile you wore after The Full Monty. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Amiable enough as a frothy entertainment, with darker overtones rendered with emotional effectiveness. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Helen Mirren stars in yet another professionally acted and staged wry-crisp comedy about British modesty that gets its laughs, but seems increasingly out of date. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Sentimental and eccentric. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: These women deserve more than Calendar Girls ultimately gives them. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: [A] sweet, good-humored comedy. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Unlike the flowers and the women of Yorkshire, Calendar Girls hits its stride early on, and goes to seed well before we can enjoy its full bloom. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: A charming movie. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Calendar Girls will make your day. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: There's a terrific comedy buried somewhere here about moral hypocrisy and community panic, but it never fully emerges. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: The never-naughty Calendar Girls is as easy to take as it is because director Nigel Cole avoids the hard sell. Read more
Derek Elley, Variety: An engaging, light character comedy, played somewhere between the Ealing tradition and contempo regional comedy. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: A genial lesson in how to both honor and subvert womanly expectations. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Read more