I dont think I have the patience to rewrite.
There are some nice moments, some shumltzy, over sentimental, to be expected. Shows what life is like in your 80s. But the two women & the 2 men. All live comfortably. Lilly, widowed from her wife, no kids, alone, but Living comfortably in a nice private assisted living apartment, has a pension.
She couldnt keep up her house, which is really too much for a single 80+ yr old With limited income. So for me, not a loss that she no longer has her house.
Many, most Seniors, depend on Social Security, live in poverty, barely managing. If you can maintain an apartment, or house mortgage, there is assistance to manage. If you are homeless, not so much. The gov't supported assisted living is limited, not enough.
So while they show some of the challanges of aging, it is a narrow statement. But a movie cannot be all things to all people.
Lilly 84, 83 here, & Jane 85, 84 here, walk without a cane, Jane seems to be able to bend their knees, & step up & down. As do the 2 men. Many of us live to 100, or almost. But few have that much mobility. Great for Lilly & Jane.
As this is mentioned in synopsis, & reviews, I wont take it as a spoiler. Malcolm is still telling himself, his drunken rape of Jane, his late wife's best friend, 45 years ago, was consential sex and she wanted him. Typical. As an alcoholic. Does he know? He ruined her life which affected her marriage. No longer living in the state, she reconnects with her ex husband.
Some doesnt make sense. Why when Malcom, on brinf confronted, seems to have a heart attacj. Its mirw a psnuc attack. But rsther thsm murder him, she calla for help. In the end, she doesnt kill hum, so we can contnue to likw hwr. But he is hit by a car trying to avoid her, & dies. 80, recently widowed. He ia never remorseful.
There are some nice moments, some shumltzy, over sentimental, to be expected. Shows what life is like in your 80s. But the two women & the 2 men. All live comfortably. Lilly, widowed from her wife, no kids, alone, but Living comfortably in a nice private assisted living apartment, has a pension.
She couldnt keep up her house, which is really too much for a single 80+ yr old With limited income. So for me, not a loss that she no longer has her house.
Many, most Seniors, depend on Social Security, live in poverty, barely managing. If you can maintain an apartment, or house mortgage, there is assistance to manage. If you are homeless, not so much. The gov't supported assisted living is limited, not enough.
So while they show some of the challanges of aging, it is a narrow statement. But a movie cannot be all things to all people.
Lilly 84, 83 here, & Jane 85, 84 here, walk without a cane, Jane seems to be able to bend their knees, & step up & down. As do the 2 men. Many of us live to 100, or almost. But few have that much mobility. Great for Lilly & Jane.
As this is mentioned in synopsis, & reviews, I wont take it as a spoiler. Malcolm is still telling himself, his drunken rape of Jane, his late wife's best friend, 45 years ago, was consential sex and she wanted him. Typical. As an alcoholic. Does he know? He ruined her life which affected her marriage. No longer living in the state, she reconnects with her ex husband.
Some doesnt make sense. Why when Malcom, on brinf confronted, seems to have a heart attacj. Its mirw a psnuc attack. But rsther thsm murder him, she calla for help. In the end, she doesnt kill hum, so we can contnue to likw hwr. But he is hit by a car trying to avoid her, & dies. 80, recently widowed. He ia never remorseful.