Ok, so the script isn't great, but thankfully for us viewers the acting is. Keaton(looking more beautiful than ever) shines in her role and Nicholson(being Just Jack) isn't far behind. The supporting cast is great as well thanks to Frances McDormand and Amanda Peet.
Meet Erica(Keaton). Erica is a writer who is bitter from her divorce and has given up on love. Her sister(McDormand)tells her she needs to get out in the land of the living and enjoy herself. Erica LIKES hiding away both mentally and physically(lots of turtlenecks). Enter her daughter Marin(Peet) with her new boyfriend, Harry(Nicholson). Harry is, well, a little older than Marin. This irritates Erica. She can't understand what Harry sees in younger women.....HELLO?!
Now fate seems to step in. Harry haves a heart attack. Oh dear, what will he do? Where will he go to recover? One guess. BINGO! Now Erica is having to take care of him and he has to put up with her uptight ways. Guess what? They actually start to, dare I say it, like each other. ICK!
It doesn't take an Einstein to guess where this film is going and how it ends, but thanks to those great performances we can enjoy this predictable story. The moral is we are never too old to enjoy life and for love to bloom.
Meet Erica(Keaton). Erica is a writer who is bitter from her divorce and has given up on love. Her sister(McDormand)tells her she needs to get out in the land of the living and enjoy herself. Erica LIKES hiding away both mentally and physically(lots of turtlenecks). Enter her daughter Marin(Peet) with her new boyfriend, Harry(Nicholson). Harry is, well, a little older than Marin. This irritates Erica. She can't understand what Harry sees in younger women.....HELLO?!
Now fate seems to step in. Harry haves a heart attack. Oh dear, what will he do? Where will he go to recover? One guess. BINGO! Now Erica is having to take care of him and he has to put up with her uptight ways. Guess what? They actually start to, dare I say it, like each other. ICK!
It doesn't take an Einstein to guess where this film is going and how it ends, but thanks to those great performances we can enjoy this predictable story. The moral is we are never too old to enjoy life and for love to bloom.