Fifty and fabulous is not how Gina feels. She is numb to a life she didn't imagine. Her work, her marriage, hers doesn't excite her. She is in a rut. When her ocean-loving friends arrange a visit to her home from a stripper as a surprise birthday, Gina didn't know she would be a spark that would ignite and take her on a journey unknown, learning as she went, along the way to get it. mojo back!
British actress Sally Phillips stars in this Australian film set in Western Australia. Ella's goal is to please in her role as Gina, the good housewife to her husband Adrian, played by Cameron Daddo and the hard worker at the settlement company where she works, but she is invisible to both of them. The only pleasure in her life is swimming in the ocean in the morning with her group of friends. To cheer her up, they throw a birthday surprise and arrange for a stripper to show up at her door. However, things continue to unravel when Gina is fired from her job and is faced with the prospect of starting over.
She decides to take over a bankrupt moving business to turn it into a legitimate cleaning business, which also helps keep the moving business employees employed. However, when cleaning turns into sexual favors and her client base begins to grow, Gina realizes that she may have more than she bargained for on her hands.
This movie is easily an instant comedy classic, but it also tackles some real-life issues women face every day. She delights as much as she moves. It shows female characters on screen, without reference to the usual tropes of aging and fatherhood. Having seen the movie, she couldn't think of anyone better than British comic actress Sally Phillips as Gina. She is just your ordinary woman that we can all relate to. Downcast and invisible, she is small and wrinkled, coiled like a spring about to burst. As her happiness grows, her presence shines through her in the film. She is the breath of the movie.
Sally takes us through Gina's pain and longing with her expressive performance. Her screams into the ocean, so loud in her silence, are heartbreakingly relatable. Her gifts as a dramatic actress refuse to go unnoticed. The supporting cast is wonderful and provides the camaraderie and humor that surrounds and makes this movie complete. Alexander England as Tom just makes you smile. It is warm and bright, like a sunrise. He easily embodies charm, charisma, and comedy, with good looks and built-in dance moves. He beware of the star scene between Sally Phillips and Erik Thomson, as they both give their wishes a run for their money. If you're looking for a feel-good movie that makes you laugh out loud and takes you back dramatically from time to time, with beautiful stretches of water, beaches and Western Australian scenery in the background that make it distinctly Australian, this has to be it. .
Nude middle-aged women in a well-lit concrete locker room. It is not a shed, a beautifully designed municipal structure. Her skin a variety of tones and textures bathed in the warm Australian light. Your breasts come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and elasticities. Ocean swimmers, friends, a community that shares a hobby, and something else: disappointing sex lives.