The movie perfectly captures this distinct 50s post WW2 vibe of blissful ignorance. Think of movies like Father of the bride or Pillow talk. You can easily imagine the young Audrey Hepburn as Lisa, Spencer Tracy as her father and Doris Day as Fay. But don't get me wrong: the actual casting in this movie was spot on. Especially Julia Ormond stole the show with her wonderful performance.

If you don't expect this movie to be a socially or psychologically challenging experience and you just need to shut the harsh realities of the world out for 2h, I can't recommend this one enough!

Our family moved to Sydney in late 1959. We lived in Tempe, and the trams came down the Nepean Highway to the depot not far from our house. Not long afterwards, the trams were sadly replaced by buses.

My first job was in a typing pool, and I bought a black dress with a white collar - a popular work dress at that time. Some of the details in the film really brought back that time to me.

I loved the fact that the film depicted people who liked cultural pursuits such as reading and classical music. When I lived in Sydney, there were some free concerts of classical music at the Sydney Town Hall, and quite a few of my acquaintances went along.

Some of my male friends had surfboards, and went surfing regularly on the weekend. I didn't know any females with surfboards - I don't think that was very common at that time. There was a beach scene in the film, which brought back memories of that time.

I loved the fact that there was a lovely scene of the Blue Mountains. It was a popular place for Sydney people to go for a holiday, especially in winter when they could sit near an open fireplace. In summer we usually went to the beach.

The actors in the film were well-chosen and I really related to the whole film. In fact, I didn't want it to finish. It was great to see an Australian film which doesn't show us as living in the outback, and which shows some positive friendships with European immigrants. Also good to see a film which doesn't rely on the shock value of violence. The sort of people who want to see fast-moving violent films will not find this film to their taste, but I think it could be interesting to a wide audience.

I feel very generous today so I will rate this movie a bit higher than I normally would. When I read the other reviews though I wonder if I live on the same planet. I wonder if we watched the same movie. Maybe all those positive reviewers are elderly women that like to shop or so, otherwise I just don't have an explanation. I'm a fifty year old man and I'll be honest, I don't care about a dress and how it looks on you, I can't go on about a dress for more than one millisecond. Just to make clear that this movie is incredibly boring and cheesy. Besides women selling dresses, wanting dresses, the story is also about married grown ups that had sex for the first time and think they will burn in hell, about childish flirting for adults, about everything they shouldn't make a movie of. Luckily my wife thinks like me. Besides the movie being incredibily boring you have decent actors so it's not the fault of the cast that this movie is a stinker. But everybody is entitled to his opinion, so if you like talking about fashion and ugly dresses, if you like gossiping and infantile flirting then go for it, this movie is made for you. If, on the other hand, you're like me and think that a story should be interesting then stay away from Ladies In Black. One more thing, don't categorize a movie in the comedy genre when it isn't a comedy, or maybe we just don't have the same definition of a comedy.