I saw this movie a couple years ago as a part of a movie cycle on a channel about old people that try great experiences in old age and I had to see this movie because of its leads (Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer). And it left me a bit surprised.
Fred (the late Christopher Plummer) is a cranky old widowed man who loves to life the way always the same way: sleeping and spending afternoons in front of the TV. After he transfers in a new apartment building there is a woman named Elsa (Shirley MacLaine) who, despite being 80, has a lot of dreams and one in particular: to walk in Rome's Trevi Fountain just like Anita Ekberg did in LA DOLCE VITA. With a bit of imagination she gradually succedds in helping Fred staying out of his apartment more and more and eventually she convinces him to pursue her dream of going in Rome and walking in the Trevi Fountain at night.
I enjoyed this movie very much because the two leads were very unique characters. They were not walking stereotypes but older people who still have dreams and refuse to grow old peacefully. Plummer and MacLaine are terrific here and still in top form and they are supported by few big names: Marcia Gay Harden, George Segal, Wendell Pierce and James Brolin as MacLaine's former husband.
It's quite an enjoyable comedy that has even some very funny moments (like when Elsa wants to learn Fred how to dance and they go to a zumba class... and this was by far the funniest scene in the movie) and I recommend it to all despite is a bit obscure today.
Fred (the late Christopher Plummer) is a cranky old widowed man who loves to life the way always the same way: sleeping and spending afternoons in front of the TV. After he transfers in a new apartment building there is a woman named Elsa (Shirley MacLaine) who, despite being 80, has a lot of dreams and one in particular: to walk in Rome's Trevi Fountain just like Anita Ekberg did in LA DOLCE VITA. With a bit of imagination she gradually succedds in helping Fred staying out of his apartment more and more and eventually she convinces him to pursue her dream of going in Rome and walking in the Trevi Fountain at night.
I enjoyed this movie very much because the two leads were very unique characters. They were not walking stereotypes but older people who still have dreams and refuse to grow old peacefully. Plummer and MacLaine are terrific here and still in top form and they are supported by few big names: Marcia Gay Harden, George Segal, Wendell Pierce and James Brolin as MacLaine's former husband.
It's quite an enjoyable comedy that has even some very funny moments (like when Elsa wants to learn Fred how to dance and they go to a zumba class... and this was by far the funniest scene in the movie) and I recommend it to all despite is a bit obscure today.