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A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
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- Rebecca Frayn(screenplay by)
- Gaby Chiappe(screenplay by)
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- Rebecca Frayn(screenplay by)
- Gaby Chiappe(screenplay by)
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- TriviaContrary to what is portrayed in the film, the real infiltrates did plan on starting the protest while the Miss World candidates were on stage. However, it was Bob Hope's misogynistic jokes that made them change their plans and start throwing their flour bombs at that very moment.
- GoofsWhen Sally outlines what she wants to write about in her thesis, one of her professors says that the subject is "rather niche" - the use of the word "niche" in an adjectival sense is very much a phenomenon of the 21st century, and not something anyone would have said in 1970, least of all an academic. Similarly, the phrase "it's not rocket science" is used twice in the film, although this did not become commonplace in Britain until the 1990s.
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Sally Alexander: [speaking on TV about The Miss World Competition] The only other forum in which participants are weighed, measured and publicly examined before being assigned their value is a cattle market.
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When the most interesting thing is the end-credits you have a problem...
Indeed, the best thing was the post-movie credits with the real heroines making an appearance.
How on earth they managed to create something so dull about women so inspiring ?
The real heroines, even at their 70's, have more passion, more inspiration, more feelings in their eyes and in the few seconds we saw them they gave us more emotions than the darn whole movie.
I wasn't aware about the events and even at the end of the movie I never felt like what the girls did was important for women's movement. It was quite anticlimactic.. Biggest problem was they never managed to build well the sexist/patriarchy environment the women were living in at the time, so we can understand the impact of their actions. Whoever wrote the script was like filtering everything through a 2020 optic. I am not even sure why a large portion of the story was dedicated to Bob Hope. Bit of a shame really this wasn't good.
All 5 stars for the real ladies at the end of the movie.
I wasn't aware about the events and even at the end of the movie I never felt like what the girls did was important for women's movement. It was quite anticlimactic.. Biggest problem was they never managed to build well the sexist/patriarchy environment the women were living in at the time, so we can understand the impact of their actions. Whoever wrote the script was like filtering everything through a 2020 optic. I am not even sure why a large portion of the story was dedicated to Bob Hope. Bit of a shame really this wasn't good.
All 5 stars for the real ladies at the end of the movie.
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