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How to Please a Woman is a 2022 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Renée Webster, starring Sally Phillips, Caroline Brazier, Erik Thomson, Tasma Walton and Alexander England.




Plot Summary


When Gina Henderson (Sally Phillips) is fired from her office job, she takes over the operations of a moving company to try and turn their fortunes around. With help and some encouragement from her friends at the swimming club, Gina asks the (all-male) crew to provide cleaning services and more to the women in their town. As the business succeeds, Gina re-evaluates her own love and sex life.




Cast


Sally Phillips as Gina Henderson
Erik Thomson as Steve
Hayley McElhinney as Hayley
Caroline Brazier as Sandra
Tasma Walton as Monique
Cameron Daddo as Adrian
Alexander England as Tom
Josh Thomson as Ben
Ryan Johnson as Anthony
Dan Paris as Mike




Reception


On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 71% based on 31 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "How to Please a Woman is disappointingly timid in some respects, but Sally Phillips' sparkling performance offsets many of this sex-positive comedy's nagging flaws." Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, writing that while she felt that Webster’s comic timing was "less assured" and "her script isn’t exactly crackling with witticisms", she believed that "its candour is engaging and so, too, is the camaraderie between Gina and her pals, male and female." Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com rated the film 3 stars out of 4, writing that "Once the story settles in and the company is up and running, comedy and profundity ensue."
Leslie Felperin of The Guardian rated the film 3 stars out of 5, writing that "The end result is nowhere near as persuasive or grounded in solid screenwriting as Leo Grande is, but Phillips has always been a charmer onscreen and, like Grande’s Emma Thompson, she’s more than willing to use her talent here to make a case for women learning to manage and take charge of their own pleasure." Wenlei Ma of News.com.au gave the film a rating of 3/5, writing that "It doesn’t feel as if it has to rely on shock value because the core of the story isn’t about the sex, it’s about learning to accept that sex can be great, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting it to be great." Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "while its premise is at times iffy, the movie as a whole has a refreshing randiness about it."
Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph rated the film 2 stars out of 5, writing that "With so many scenes of liberating banter shot inside a ladies’ shower facility, they might have chosen one that didn’t look as though this lot were mischievously entertaining one other in a PoW camp." Fran Hoepfner of TheWrap wrote a negative review of the film, writing that "Without a commitment to its tone, “How To Please A Woman” might help its titular woman, but it leaves its audience quite dissatisfied." Natalia Winkelman of The New York Times wrote that while the hook "piques curiosity — at least enough for a coy eyebrow raise", "Light intrigue is often not enough", and that "in this case, the movie strains to sustain charm."




References






External links


How to Please a Woman at IMDb
How to Please a Woman at Rotten Tomatoes

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