Fifteen years later, the film still holds up with three of the actresses becoming Dames (Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton and Helen Mirren). The film is about twelve Yorkshire women, ordinary wives and mothers who bare all for charity to raise money for leukemia research. The cast is first rate with Celia Imrie, Annette Crosbie and Linda Bassett as well. The film does a believable job in recreating how a simple idea changed so many lives for the better. I enjoyed their trip to Hollywood and being on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Julie Walters and Helen Mirren played best friends and do a terrific job as well. The cast and the film is first rate. The film inspired a West End musical adaptation as well.