Boynton Beach Club
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Movie Reviews of Boynton Beach Club
Movie Review: They may move slow but they ain't dead!
Summary: 4 Stars
Saw this last year in (where else?) Boynton Beach with my 80-something father. He could definitely relate, having lost my mom about 2 years before. I could relate, though I'm not ready for Bingo and Early Birds yet.
The story shows that love knows no age, and it was a real kick seeing some of the major actresses of my youth (Sally Kellerman, Brenda Vaccaro, Dyan Cannon) have one more shot at stardom.
Movie Review: Losing a Loved 4 Stars
I found this movie very endearing. It shows the difficulty ofgetting on with life after losing a spouse. But life does go on
and one just has to pick up the pieces and go on. Sometimes love
is better the second time around. I should know!!!!!!
Easy to watch and the actors are suited for their roles. I really
did like it and can recommend it.
Movie Review: Boynton Beach Club
Summary: 4 Stars
A wonderful movie for people that have reached a point in life that is filled with experiences. It shows with great humor and sensitivity how to cope with everyday situations and many of the human frailties that we all have. In the end it will leave you with a warm feeling and a smile on your face.Movie Review: Boynton Beach Review
Summary: 4 Stars
A fun movie whose serious side reflects many of the struggles that people of all ages have about dating but with particular poignant emphasis on seniors.Movie Review: Senior Citizens Get Their Due in a Serviceable Romcom
Summary: 3 Stars
Give director/co-screenwriter Susan Seidelman (Gaudi Afternoon) credit for focusing on a segment sadly neglected in current cinema, single sixty-somethings facing lives without their lifetime partners. There is a gentle, loping quality to this seriocomic 2006 character-driven comedy, but it also doesn't feel quite substantial enough to provide genuine insight into their difficult situations. The various storylines rarely feel more complex than an episode of The Golden Girls, but the principal actors - some rarely seen outside of guest appearances on reruns of Murder, She Wrote - compensate to a great degree.
There are three plot threads that intertwine over the course of the movie. Long-married Marilyn faces an unexpected tragedy when her exercise-obsessed husband is killed by a thoughtless woman backing her car out of a driveway. She decides to join the Boynton Beach Bereavement Club (the movie's original title) upon the prodding of Lois, a still-sexy, flirtatious interior decorator who is the unofficial social leader of the club. As Marilyn faces her anger and loneliness, Lois finds herself drawn to Donald, a younger man whom she believes is a real estate tycoon. Also in the club is Harry, who fancies himself a ladies' man and wants to help Jack, newly widowed and prime bait for the widows in the retirement community. Jack isn't ready to date until he meets Sandy, a very interested woman who isn't quite what she claims. Harry, on the other hand, tries online dating, but he finds trouble with the woman who seems like the ideal match for him.
It's nice to see actors who gained prominence in the late 1960's and early 1970's receive substantive roles in their autumnal years. Brenda Vaccaro (Midnight Cowboy) as Marilyn and Len Cariou (The Four Seasons) as Jack deliver the strongest performances because their characters undergo the grief and recovery of losing a loved one. Vaccaro has two particularly compelling scenes - the first where Marilyn introduces herself to the club and cannot conceal the rage over her husband's death, the second when Marilyn finally faces the woman who ran her husband over. Dyan Cannon (Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice) as Lois and Joseph Bologna as Harry (My Favorite Year) primarily provide comic relief. Both are as likeable as ever, though it's rather disheartening to see Cannon so surgically altered. The same is true of Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) who has to play the concealed Sandy close to the vest. As Donald, Michael Nouri (Flashdance) plays a character with secrets of his own as he pursues Lois. Seidelman's thoughtful commentary is the only extra on the 2007 DVD.