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How to Please a Woman (2022)

Name: How to Please a Woman
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2022-05-19
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Sally Phillips, Hayley McElhinney, Caroline Brazier, Tasma Walton, Erik Thomson

How to Please a Woman (2022), directed by Renée Webster, starring Sally Phillips and Hayley McElhinney.

05/19/2022 BR Comedy, Drama and Romance 1h 47m

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Pleasure is a serious business.

Synopsis

When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.

Ben NottCinematography
Renée WebsterDirector, Writer
Merlin EdenEditing
Judi LevineProducer

About the film

How to Please a Woman is a 2022 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Renée Webster, starring Sally Phillips, Caroline Brazier, Erik Thomson, Tasma Walton and Alexander England.

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How to Please a Woman is a 2022 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Renée Webster, starring Sally Phillips, Caroline Brazier, Erik Thomson, Tasma Walton and Alexander England.

Plot summary

When Gina Henderson (Sally Phillips) is fired from her office job, she takes over the operations of a moving company to try and turn their fortunes around. With help and some encouragement from her friends at the swimming club, Gina asks the (all-male) crew to provide cleaning services and more to the women in their town. As the business succeeds, Gina re-evaluates her own love and sex life.

Cast

Sally Phillips as Gina Henderson

Erik Thomson as Steve

Hayley McElhinney as Hayley

Caroline Brazier as Sandra

Tasma Walton as Monique

Cameron Daddo as Adrian

Alexander England as Tom

Josh Thomson as Ben

Ryan Johnson as Anthony

Dan Paris as Mike

Takia Morrison as Mandy

Reception

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 71% based on 31 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "How to Please a Woman is disappointingly timid in some respects, but Sally Phillips' sparkling performance offsets many of this sex-positive comedy's nagging flaws." Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, writing that while she felt that Webster’s comic timing was "less assured" and "her script isn’t exactly crackling with witticisms", she believed that "its candour is engaging and so, too, is the camaraderie between Gina and her pals, male and female." Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com rated the film 3 stars out of 4, writing that "Once the story settles in and the company is up and running, comedy and profundity ensue."

Leslie Felperin of The Guardian rated the film 3 stars out of 5, writing that "The end result is nowhere near as persuasive or grounded in solid screenwriting as Leo Grande is, but Phillips has always been a charmer onscreen and, like Grande’s Emma Thompson, she’s more than willing to use her talent here to make a case for women learning to manage and take charge of their own pleasure." Wenlei Ma of News.com.au gave the film a rating of 3/5, writing that "It doesn’t feel as if it has to rely on shock value because the core of the story isn’t about the sex, it’s about learning to accept that sex can be great, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting it to be great." Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "while its premise is at times iffy, the movie as a whole has a refreshing randiness about it."

Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph rated the film 2 stars out of 5, writing that "With so many scenes of liberating banter shot inside a ladies’ shower facility, they might have chosen one that didn’t look as though this lot were mischievously entertaining one other in a PoW camp." Fran Hoepfner of TheWrap wrote a negative review of the film, writing that "Without a commitment to its tone, “How To Please A Woman” might help its titular woman, but it leaves its audience quite dissatisfied." Natalia Winkelman of The New York Times wrote that while the hook "piques curiosity — at least enough for a coy eyebrow raise", "Light intrigue is often not enough", and that "in this case, the movie strains to sustain charm."

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External links

How to Please a Woman at IMDb

How to Please a Woman at Rotten Tomatoes

Text from How to Please a Woman on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Please_a_Woman

Trivia

It premiered on May 19, 2022, a Thursday.
It runs 1h47 — a typical feature length.
As of September 20, 2026, it is available in Brazil by subscription on Looke, Filmelier Plus Amazon Channel.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosFeisty Dame Productions, Such Much Films
CountriesAustralia
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
StatusReleased

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Ben Nott Cinematography
Renée Webster Director
Merlin Eden Editing
Judi Levine Producer
Tania Chambers Producer
Guy Gross Original music
Renée Webster Writer

Questions about this film

What is How to Please a Woman about?

How to Please a Woman: When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.

Who directed How to Please a Woman?

How to Please a Woman was directed by Renée Webster in 2022.

Who stars in How to Please a Woman?

The cast of How to Please a Woman includes Sally Phillips, Hayley McElhinney, Caroline Brazier, Tasma Walton and Erik Thomson.

How long is How to Please a Woman?

How to Please a Woman runs for 107 minutes, or 1h47.

Where can I watch How to Please a Woman?

How to Please a Woman is available on Looke, Looke Amazon Channel, Filmelier Plus Amazon Channel, Apple TV Store and Amazon Video. Availability changes often: the list on this page is the most recent we received.