Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) is a widow who has decided that she wants to explore the sort of sex that she never had in her married life. She hires Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack) and has a series of meetings with him in a hotel. 

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is the sort of film that proves that a perfect script and two superb performances is all that is needed for a captivating film. This could easily have been a play because for virtually the entire running time it is simply two people in a hotel room talking (and occasionally doing some other fun stuff). Yet, thanks to the spellbinding chemistry of the two leads and the perfect words given to them by screenwriter Katy Brand it is fabulous. 

Emma Thompson gives the sort of fearless performance that we probably should all expect of her by now. Fully prepared to let her character be vulnerable physically and convey the emotional hang ups facing her. Whilst Daryl McCormack possibly steals the show as the sex worker showing her his stage character whilst glimpses of his real self occasionally appear. 

The plot points may not be groundbreaking but they are thoughtfully conveyed. Old fashioned viewpoints of sex are challenged gently and conversations about whether sex work should be legalised briefly touched upon. But it is the tenderness with which each character’s emotional issues are confronted that is the real crux of what this is about. 

There are moments of humour and sadness, but in the main it is about trying to empower people with the viewpoint that pleasure is not wrong and should never be something to be ashamed of. 

Brilliant stuff.