School for Seduction (2004, UK)

An excellent British comedy set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with several clever twists in the plot. A sexy Italian woman, Sophia Rossellini, runs a small class in the art of seduction, of presenting yourself in a feminine way. Several local women who feel they are not making anything of their lives, join the class, and all seems to be going well.

One of the members is actually a drag queen with a stage act, Toni (Ben Porter), and he joins to improve himself for that. In the picture he is seated. Later some of the women see the act and are duly impressed.

Part of the plot involves duress being employed by one of the women's colleagues at a supermarket; they decide to trap him, and lure him into groping Toni, which they catch on a photograph.

The film did not get much critical approval, and for sure it is not an all-time classic, and the plot is a little predictable; but I found it an entertaining experience, and the plot twists were clever enough.

HF February 2006

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