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Personal Services on DVD (1986)
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This is a gently witty, if curiously coy, attempt by director Terry Jones to re-create the odd career of “luncheon voucher madam” Cynthia Payne. Julie Walters is a good choice to portray her droll matter-of-factness about the sexual proclivities of a succession of middle-aged men, but in its jolly, almost seaside postcard approach, the movie loses edge and bite. Jones and co basically bolster up the one-dimensional image of Walters's character as a cheery old duck whose early life was hard, but rich in experience, while its truly sad aspects are blithely glossed over.
Rather astonishing study of British attitudes to sex; not for Aunt Edna, but with a fair measure of interest for many. Time Out Waitress Christine Painter (Walters) sublets seedy bedsits to local prostitutes, by whose lifestyle she is at once... Read more on www.timeout.com Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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