POMS--Doesn't tell me a darn thing. A medical diagnosis, you know like PTSD? Then the fed 3-letter agencies--IRS, CIA, FBI. Or religion: UMC, LDS, SDA. It is a Diane Keaton movie: doesn't exceptionally rattle my teacup. So what's this all about? And you want to use seniors now? Patronizing. Pandering.
The commencement and the unfolding of the story lines are hardly anything new, But I'm always up for a story line that studies human character. And this movie was a success--not perfect, just successful. It is a really good thing that we can now see a diverseness emerging from Hollywood that more accurately reflects the racial make-up of America. You can't hit every social subject in any one film. This one does a good job to pick and choose. The seniors are delightfully ribald and their sparse invocation of cuss words and flipping the birdy come off even funnier.
But the movie does put into the consciousness of America the value of seniors. This is a really good thing. Eyesight starts to fail, bones start to collapse and break, the things you wish would get hard--don't, and the things you wish would stay soft--won't.
And was it funny? It had its moments. I didn't keep track but there were several belly laughs that I thought were funny enough that I had to hit "pause" so that I could hear the dialogue. This happens less and less in the current movie production climate--how to get a laugh without being crude.
And why only a 9? If I gave it a perfect 10 I would have no room to edit my comments later should I wish to add something not noted previously. Just some reviewer wiggle room. Add the extra star for yourself on this one!
The commencement and the unfolding of the story lines are hardly anything new, But I'm always up for a story line that studies human character. And this movie was a success--not perfect, just successful. It is a really good thing that we can now see a diverseness emerging from Hollywood that more accurately reflects the racial make-up of America. You can't hit every social subject in any one film. This one does a good job to pick and choose. The seniors are delightfully ribald and their sparse invocation of cuss words and flipping the birdy come off even funnier.
But the movie does put into the consciousness of America the value of seniors. This is a really good thing. Eyesight starts to fail, bones start to collapse and break, the things you wish would get hard--don't, and the things you wish would stay soft--won't.
And was it funny? It had its moments. I didn't keep track but there were several belly laughs that I thought were funny enough that I had to hit "pause" so that I could hear the dialogue. This happens less and less in the current movie production climate--how to get a laugh without being crude.
And why only a 9? If I gave it a perfect 10 I would have no room to edit my comments later should I wish to add something not noted previously. Just some reviewer wiggle room. Add the extra star for yourself on this one!
