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A mushy feel-good film where all men are gentlemen and women are successful CEOs. There's a little chemistry between De Niro and Hathaway, but it's mostly just a lot of wishful thinking and unpleasant melodrama. I'm not the target audience, clearly, but at least the first 30 minutes had a few good snickers.
A romcom for aging actors. Maybe I'm still too young for a film about two divorced people in their late 50s getting back together again, but I sure hope I'll never get old enough to fully appreciate this type of generic Hollywood fluff. I'll say it's not the worst of its kind, but that's already being quite generous. The comedy part of the film is pretty lame, the romance is a little iffy and none of the actors appear to be all that committed to the film. The presentation is bland too, but at least the tone is light and while two hours is too long for something as generic as this, the pacing was okay. Very forgettable though.Read all
A rather dreary romcom by Nancy Meyers. I understand the film's supposed to be funny, but it's really rather sad, and the comedy itself isn't very refined either. It's obvious the film relies on its leads to make the best of it, but Keaton and Nicholson are merely running on autopilot here. There are no surprises here, just two somewhat bitter characters who do a little pull & push dance. Meyers' direction is uninspired, the cast doesn't seem very invested either. Nicholson is somewhat amusing, even though he hardly makes an effort, but that's about the only thing that keeps it watchable. Not very good.Read all
When Hollywood tackles the male/female divide, it can't end well. Not even when a woman directs the film. Nancy Meyers delivers a 2-hour cringefest, filled with dry clichés and failures to make fun of them. The romance angle is also a complete misfire. It's crazy to think two decades ago this was a veritable blockbuster. Gibson and Hunt are a terrible duo, the characters are annoying, the tension simplistic and the comedy lacks any kind of edge. Don't watch this film for the cinematography or score either, apart from some token Sinatra songs there's nothing of note here. A very bad film, misguided and forgettable.Read all