ozjosh03
By all means, watch this movie for the home decor (some really great kitchens), style tips (Diane Keaton is, as ever, impeccable), smart one-liners (expertly delivered) or Hollywood pizzazz (four very well-preserved leading ladies). It is a satisfying entertainment on all those levels - slickly produced and tastefully photographed; a light, sugary, nutritionally dubious confection of a movie. Just, whatever you do, don't stop to think about any of it. The moment you do the whole thing collapses into a sloppy, nonsensical and rather offensive heap. For one thing, all four of the central characters are patronisingly written as smart, accomplished women who are nevertheless shockingly incapable of doing even the slightest thing in the interests of their own personal happiness. Diane Keaton's character - Diane! - is bullied by her daughters into moving all the way to Arizona before she can work up the nerve to tell them that she's perfectly happy living her own life and isn't ready yet for the granny flat (or, in this case, basement). It may serve the story structure and deliver a (sort of) emotionally-satisfying crisis and climax, but it makes her pathetic and spineless. And it takes all of Keaton's likability to make it fly. It's pretty much the same dynamic with the other characters too. Fortunately, Fonda, Bergen and Steenburgen also have just enough charisma and energy to (mostly) distract from the preposterousness of it all. Of course, there's nothing wrong with a little escapism. But you'd think that these four smart women would be able to insist on slightly smarter escapism.
steeledanton
I left after the girls had finished their second book in the series of the shades of grey books. These over 60 chicks were displaying displeasure over not being sought after sexpots.And even though one was married, even she seemed to be having issues with her husband noticing her dressing up and emitting pheromones?
So, it goes on, and they giggle about sex....date dudes whom they ve known or met on a plane....Don Johnson & Andy Garcia.
and thats about all i saw.
beyerbest
I loved this movie!! The cast is fabulous and gorgeous. I laughed so hard my side still hurts. This movie makes me look forward to growing old! It catches so many emotions that we all feel and can relate to. And did I mention it's so funny I died laughing and it was so fun to laugh with the audience as well.
elod-14387
I saw it this afternoon at a second-run theater (I am a F in my early 60s). I would say it was worth the $4 admission. Lots of LOL and giggle moments. The pace was really slow at times, though, I felt very restless from the end of the first hour to maybe 15 minutes from the end. Wouldn't recommend it for kids under 16 due to occasional raunch factor. My favorite was Candice Bergen, who had the best lines and always a great delivery. Her character had a high-level professional job and looked like most attractive, mature women over 60 I see in locker rooms--who are not pushing themselves unduly hard to try to look like a teenager, and have other things on their minds. I didn't find Jane Fonda's character believable not did I sense chemistry with the guy in her story. Fonda has clearly had so much cosmetic work done and wore such "Hollywood" makeup and hair that I found it distracting. Diane Keaton pretty much replayed "Annie Hall," charming for awhile but it does get annoying. I give her a shout-out for natural makeup and her silvery bob. Andy Garcia was HOT! Richard Dreyfus was cute but underused. Don Johnson and Craig Nelson, ehhhh. Mary Steenburgen, okay, cute, but nothing special for me except her tap dancing. I agree with others who have said the nonstrop wine drinking through the movie seemed odd. The movie was visually pleasant, whether of interiors, lovely pools and roof decks, cityscapes in LA, desert vistas in Arizona, and luxurious homes. The plot wasn't that credible. These ladies were written as too obsessed with men and in a few cases made drastic jumps into life-changing situations that I didn't find believable. I would have liked the writers to include more real-life dating situations that women over 50 go through...such as men who are not like their profile, or drone on nonstop about their wife or GF who done them wrong, or expect to have sex right away, or are still married, or above all, getting a decent date--because older men gravitate to younger profiles. (Am I bitter? Nope, just realistic...) Anyway, this movie is a fun-sitcom type of movie if you don't expect too much and just relax with it.
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