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Last Of The Blonde Bombshells [2000]
from Universal Pictures UK
starring Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Joan Sims, Olympia Dukakis, Leslie Caron
directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

Perennial Oscar nominee Judi Dench shakes off the dust of period pieces to play a sassy widow looking to recapture a little of the excitement of her youth: she was the star saxophone player of a World War II-era all-girl dance band. Yanking her instrument from mothballs, she starts blowing the old standards as a street musician, much to the horror of her cultured children (they prefer symphonies to swing classics), and then hatches a plan to track down her band mates for a gala reunion at her granddaughter's school dance. The script carries little suspense and few surprises, but the cast is a delight. Ian Holm costars as the band's womanising drummer (in a dress and a platinum blonde wig), a rascally old rogue who seduced almost every member during their brief wartime run and married half of them in the intervening years. Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) is their trombonist, a hard-drinking American widow living it up in a Scottish castle; jazz great Cleo Laine is a trumpeter turned torch singer; and Leslie Caron cameos as their brassy bass player. Joan Sims (a fixture of the Carry On movies), Billie Whitelaw (Quills), and June Whitfield (the mother on Absolutely Fabulous) are among the great British character actors who join the fun. The old broads bring sass to the sentimentality in this fluffy, feel-good, made-for-cable comedy, insisting there is not only life after 60, but that it swings sweetly if only you let it. --Sean Axmaker

Elizabeth, the youngest of The Blonde Bombshells, recalls her days during the Second World War when the group entertained the nation. When she meets up with Patrick, the only male member of the group, she has the idea on reforming the band to play together again for one last time.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• This movie is such a joy to watch!
  The music is beautiful, the acting fantastic and the storyline is both funny and enchanting. It's a shame there isn't alot more movies like this around - Buy It, Enjoy!!!
  

• "Sentimental, warm-hearted comedy..." Uh oh, but redeemed by Judy Dench, Ian Holm and some great WWII swing numbers
  "I hate those stories that begin with a funeral, but I'm afraid this one begins the day we buried George. Not that we buried him. In the interests of the environment we had him incinerated." So speaks Elizabeth (Judi Dench), George's widow. She's led a comfortable, predictable life with George. She has two grown children and a 12-year-old grandchild. But when she was 15 and in school, in the midst of World War II, she played the sax at night in an all-girl (almost all-girl) band called The Blonde... more info

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