SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

HotToastyRag I was so looking forward to this movie, but halfway through it, I actually considered turning it off. In general, I really like the "old folks get a second chance at love" movies, but this one really fell flat.A lonely widower and a kooky, slightly older vivacious woman hit it off. Newly Oscar-ed Christopher Plummer and an always delightful Shirley MacLaine—what could go wrong? The bad news: the plot went wrong. The good news: there was nothing wrong with the veteran actors' performances.If you're a hopeless fan of either actor, you'll probably end up seeing this one. After all, I did. But it's really not very good. Christopher Plummer's character just doesn't make any sense; he's cranky, he's hopeful, he's lusting after his maid, he's in love with Shirley MacLaine, he couldn't care less about Shirley MacLaine, he's capable, he's getting senile—See what I mean? And Shirley MacLaine's character is one feather shy of a loon. She's grandiose and full of life, and for absolutely no fathomable reason other than "new blood" she pursues her neighbor. She recreates the classic fountain scene from La Dolce Vita and expects the fuddy-duddy to break free of his shell and join in her eccentric behavior, when he's made it perfectly clear he has no such intention. I struggled to understand her character as well, and let me tell you, when you're battling confusion from both leads and boredom from the plot, it's not very fun.

Leonardo Lagos Remake (again) of a much better (latinamerican) movie. Argentinian cinema is (one of) the best industries in LatinAmerica, with some quality movies who have made their way in numerous festivals and even foreign category in the US-Hollywood backed Oscars. From time to time, US-cinema copies the movies, as we saw previously in K-Pax (remake/copy of "Man looking Southeast", which is the worst of these examples. Again, in this case, the US copy has stripped all of the good quality dialogues, and change the sarcastic humor for a more basic low standard jokes, including that translating sarcastic intelligent jokes from Spanish to English is not easy task. Not all is bad, as the good choice of cast with big names make it up for the effort as they do their best to try and save this simplistic version. Getting the latinamerican version with English subtitles is not that difficult, and if not, it's always worth it to learn Spanish, to better catch the many more humorist moments.

goodone49 This movie wanted to set a mood and lure us in to the depression of old age while extracting us with the allure of romance. However, the movie just falls short. The mood is never quite right. The writing is sub par, and the acting (other than Shirley Mclain) is equally substandard. Not even Shirley can raise up such a bad movie. The plot was overly predictable, and in general, this one should be skipped. The reason you probably never heard about is that is just isn't good, which is unfortunate, because it had so much potential. Instead watch "Wrestling Earnest Hemmingway" for a much better version of spicing up life among older individuals.

BasicLogic okay, we have seen a lot of movies so far trying to either reminding the old male or female farts not to give up hope to have a possible second spring of their lives or still get the chance to have wet dreams or, a fair warning to their younger offspring to have some heart for their old ones not to take for granted that their old folks were just sticking to their couches or lying in their bedrooms awaiting the final call from the heaven or hell, they were still having some sexual desires to meet an old opposite gender to have a good time.save it, will you? because there's no need to paint a lovely and hopeful picture for the old and dying generation. the possibility of meeting someone so late is actually zilch. life is not such an easy way to have some fun once you are standing at the bus stop or bus station, destination heaven or hell, with fuzzy blurry eyesight, loose teeth, stinking breath, hard hearing, shaky knees, itchy dry skin, dizzy drowsy brain, numb senses, bad digestion and appetite, constant farting and constipation, hoping that you might still get the chance to have a late staged final encounter of romance. that's just pure crap! but i know you wouldn't give up so easily, right? so you decide to regularly visit the senior citizen center nearby, or coming down from your senior citizen apartment, into the 1st floor meeting room, to find some opposite old gender to start up a new relationship and 2nd romance. then you would suddenly rejuvenate as a young man and full of energy and hope again, getting up every morning feel like a young man, start humming frank sinatra's songs? or, you decide to go to the church more, lingering behind after the service,hope to meet some handsome old dudes or attractive old grannies? the reason why you shamelessly become so interested in all of these activities is because you might somehow get lucky to meet a lonely widower or widow, you might get the chance to flirt with him or her? what a shameless old dog you are. you should stay at home, stay in your couch and snooze off. :) this movie is just another untruthful, ridiculous and stupid drama that could only happens in a movie. when an old fart's bathroom medicine cabinet piled up so many medicines that you have to take on a daily, duly and timely schedule, you don't need to add one romance dosage to cheer you up and feel alive and young again. you just wish after taking so many pills everyday, you don't get kidneys stones or kidney failure and worst of all, a chronicle constipation. this film is the ultimate insult to the old and dying generation.