like many people i know and i look forward to the weekend a a chance to unwind and escape and especially when there a new movie to rent and sometimes and the late zombie flick or murder mystery just would not do . when youre in the mood for something that will warm your heart and make you laugh and appeal to emotion that we all share and and generally restore your faith in humankind and calendar girl be just the ticket . calendar girl be the story of two best friend and annie and chris ( both expertly cast ) and who set out to raise money for the local hospital after annie husband be stricken with terminal cancer . the snappy and idealistic chris come up with the idea of create a tasteful nudie calendar use the middle age and seemingly prude member of their local womens group a model . what happen next be beyond annie wild imagination while their goal to raise money for charity be smashingly successful and and the calendar girls become overnight celebrity in their modest little community . without the right casting and screenwriting this story could have end there and in an overly simplistic and predictable manner . however and calendar girl go so much far and force the girl attention back to the joy and hardship of their personal life and as well a face the tough question and reality about their original goal and what they have do to accomplish it . it play on the common emotion that we all have experience represent fear and grief and loss and idealism and success and arrogance and failure and ultimately reflection . you can read the alternate pain and elatement on the face of every character and and you can not help but feel for them . critic of this movie have focus mainly on it similarity to the full monty while however and unless you watch calendar girl with this idea firmly plant in your mind and you will probably not be bother by any similarity between the two film . the full monty be an excellent movie in it own right and but while calendar girl capture the same humor and realness and it add a little something more represent heart . life be painful and hard and a fact that calendar girl address with grace and tact . sometimes it nice to relax with a beautiful movie that will make you feel good . i could not recommend this movie more highly .