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FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Directed by Sophie Hyde; Written by Katy Brand
The titular sex worker (Daryl McCormack) in Sophie Hyde's "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande" is a female-gaze dreamboat: a patient, sensitive, non-judgmental, sexually-skilled man who is as beautiful on the inside as he is on the outside. And on the outside he's a goddamn Adonis. Leo's services are booked by Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson), a retired schoolteacher and widow who has never had good sex and believes she's incapable of having an orgasm. She's a bit embarrassed by the whole situation, but figures she's getting older and if she wants to finally have some fun in the boudoir with a hottie, it's now or never. "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande" has already generated plenty of conversation about its overall sex positivity and the pivotal scene in which Nancy looks admiringly at her naked body in a full-length mirror. I can assure you that the buzz is well-deserved. The views of the film are that of Leo himself: sex work is work, and can even be a vocation; sex and pleasure are human rights, and therefore should be a public service; and sexual desire and satisfaction have the power to boost a person's love for herself. If only every movie - every person, really - was as open-minded and generous as "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande." (Rachel Montpelier)
Read our interview with Sophie Hyde.
“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” is now available on Hulu in the U.S. and is now in theaters in the U.K. and Ireland.