PREVIEW: How to Please a Woman (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Caroline Brazier (Rogue), Erik Thomson (Somersault), Alexander England (Gods of Egypt), Myles Pollard (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Tasma Walton (Mystery Road), Cameron Daddo (Inland Empire), Nina Young (Tomorrow Never Dies), Ryan Johnson (Son of the Mask), Roz Hammond (Muriel’s Wedding), Asher Yasbincek (Rams), Hayley McElhinney (The Babadook), Josh Thomson (My Wedding and Other Secrets), Emily Rose Brennan (film debut), Ben Mortley (The Decadent and Depraved)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Renée Webster (film debut), director, writer; Tania Chambers (A Few Less Men) and Judi Levine (The Sessions), producers; Guy Gross (A Heartbeat Away), composer; Ben Nott (Predestination), cinematographer; Merlin Eden (Hounds of Love), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Middle-aged Gina (Phillips), having just lost her job and stuck in a passionless marriage, decides to start a business with an all-male cleaning crew, but when things start to get out of control she must embrace her sexuality if she is to really move on in life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Sally Phillips, the scene-stealing co-star of films such as Bridget Jones’s Diary, headlines this Australian comedy which, in the spirit of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, celebrates middle-aged sexuality in raw and invigorating ways.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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