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  • 2008
  • R
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary Middle-aged Maggie must find a way to get enough money for her grandson’s lifesaving medical treatment. With all financial resources exhausted, Maggie tries her best to lift the dwindling hopes of her only son Tom and his wife Sarah. When a “Hostess Wanted” sign catches her eye, Maggie naively stumbles into a city sex club. The true job ...

Directed By: Sam Garbarski

Written By: Philippe Blasband, Martin Herron

  • 2008
  • R
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m

Irina Palm

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary Middle-aged Maggie must find a way to get enough money for her grandson’s lifesaving medical treatment. With all financial resources exhausted, Maggie tries her best to lift the dwindling hopes of her only son Tom and his wife Sarah. When a “Hostess Wanted” sign catches her eye, Maggie naively stumbles into a city sex club. The true job ...

Directed By: Sam Garbarski

Written By: Philippe Blasband, Martin Herron

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
55
41% Positive
7 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
55
41% Positive
7 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
6% Negative
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88
Faithfull is marvelous: Once notorious for her own escapades, this great-great-niece of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch is no shrinking violet, but she's perfect as a plump, frumpy widow with a huge heart and a hidden talent no one would ever suspect.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
75
Sam Garbarski's use of slow-motion shots is pretentious, and he paces the film too slowly. But he captures the seedy side of London, giving you a feel for Soho during the day when sunshine exposes a cheap gaudiness.
By Ruthe Stein FULL REVIEW
70
Genially preposterous and pleasantly diverting, it balances calculation against humanity and generally comes out on top.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
60
Irina Palm is, for the most part, a phony trifle, but at its heart, somehow, is a real and fascinating person.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
50
Plays like a throwback to gritty-but-softhearted English dramas of the 1980s like "Mona Lisa" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid."
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
50
The dopey premise only takes to a gross extreme the "Full Monty" formula that the Brits have been milking for more than a decade.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
30
Nobody can reduce tawdry material to doddering quaintness like the British, but this staggeringly inane joint effort of U.K., Belgian, French, German, and Luxembourgian film financing represents a true coalition of the witless.
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Production Company Entre Chien et Loup, Pallas Film, Samsa Film, Ipso Facto Films, Liaison Cinématographique, Ateliers de Baere, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Future Films, Canal+, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Eurimages, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Luxembourg Film Fund, Région Wallone, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Communauté Française de Belgique, FONSPA, Wallimage, i2i Media Programme
Release Date Mar 21, 2008
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline What would you do to save the life of your terminally ill grandson?
Website http://www.entre-chien-et-loup.be/film-film-12-production-en.html
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Awards

Golden Globes, Italy
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 2 Nominations

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