Sara and I watched this 2003 British movie the other night and were delighted . The story sounds more risqué than it is . A charming story about women in their 40 t0 50s who are willing to be a bit risky to make money for a charity. You’ll find it on TV or a streaming channel.

I did not do the review but found one I liked and tweaked it some. I’d give it 3.0***

By; Diana Saenger If you can say "over 40 and nude" in the same sentence, you might enjoy Calendar Girls, a movie that offers laughs, maybe a tear or two and lots of heart. Calendar Girls is based on a true story that takes place in the Yorkshire Dales of England. When Annie's (Julie Walters) husband dies of cancer, her friend Chris (Helen Mirren) decides to do something to help the local hospitals and boost morale in the town. Both Annie and Chris belong to the Women's Institute (WI), a rather conservative group whose members meet regularly and perform good deeds. Chris tells the ladies she wants to produce a fund-raising calendar of them doing their ordinary chores or hobbies -- but in the nude! At first everyone scoffs, but once Ms. June, Ms. November and Ms. January pick their spots, the women fall over themselves to be included in the project. It takes some doing to find the right photographer, get the WI’s approval and market the calendar. But soon these women are national celebrities, and their ordinary lifestyles are as scattered as the months on the calendar. .As long as the story stays in the women's hometown, it's a charmer. We get insight into each of the women representing a different month on the calendar. Whether spurred on to overcome pain, a husband's infidelity or merely to grab the brass ring of feeling alive -- each has her own unique reason for agreeing to bare it all. It may have been a mistake to move the story to Hollywood at the end of the film. At this point the film loses some of its quaintness, but it quickly recovers when it returns to their English home. Most women and middle-aged to older couples will definitely enjoy Calendar Girls.