Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Good luck to You, Leo Grande is the story of a lonely and aging woman who hires a prostitute to fulfill her mental and sexual desires. She is quite wound up woman who doesn't quite know what she is looking for or what she needs, and it is implied she has only ever been ashamed of her body or wanting physically.

The movie is essentially a character study of Emma Thompson's character discovering on how to become one with herself as she gets older. The majority of this film is conversation and most of the film is not sexually graphic... as it isn't the focal point the film maker is going for. Think if "My Dinner with Andre" and "pretty woman" had a baby. Both our leads are quite good here as you may expect. Production design is great despite its limited setting and scope. This was seemingly made with very little money but it doesn't show.

The beginning and end of the film are really quite satisfying.. and they really nail the end here it was really powerful. The middle is such a huge drag it detracts from the film immensely. I felt like many things get rehashed and it almost needed a bigger scope to justify the runtime. This movie would have been better at 75 or 80 minutes. There is just no momentum going into our final act that if I turned it off I would have been okay (but again the ending was very good.)

The movie's humor is really good when it uses it but most of the movie seemingly almost takes itself too seriously. However there is a lot of chew on here especially if the concept sounds interesting to you.