Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

2022 · 97 min · EN · R · 7.0 (674 votes)

Dir. Sophie Hyde · Starring Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Isabella Laughland, Les Mabaleka, Lennie Beare, Carina Lopes · Music Stephen Rennicks

“It's never too late to try something new.”

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Nancy Stokes, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had good sex. Now that her husband has died, she is determined to take a tour of sexual vistas that until now she has only imagined. She even has a plan; it involves an anonymous hotel room, and a sex worker who calls himself Leo Grande.

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This film offers a warm, intimate exploration of self-discovery and desire. It feels tender, often humorous, and deeply vulnerable, unfolding as a dialogue-rich character study about embracing one's true self and finding connection. A gentle, hopeful journey.

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