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New movie starring Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman as a couple living in NYC, approaching senior citizen age. They reach a point in their lives where they want to make a life change and, after living in their apartment for decades, sell their apartment and move.
I thought I wouldn't like this movie, as Freeman and Keaton don't seem like a likely couple. Well, no, they don't have the best of chemistries on screen, but I've seen worse. This isn't a profound movie with a deep message, but does work as a nice study of one particular couple, moving on to a new chapter in their lives. New Yorkers will probably have extra appreciation for the film, set in the city and showing culture fairly unique to NYC. The rest of us will find it a little strange, with everybody embracing a "screw you" attitude in everyday life and all relationships, not to mention how out-of-touch it seems to the rest of the world to see people easily buying and selling $1 Million apartments, then talking to each other about small-potato budgets, saying "hey, we're not rich".
There's a small-ish-ly gratuitous side storyline about a very sick pet, which does play on the heartstrings. Overall, I did enjoy this little life snapshot story, as a non-serious entertainment piece about a piece of one couple's life. :35: out of :5:
I thought I wouldn't like this movie, as Freeman and Keaton don't seem like a likely couple. Well, no, they don't have the best of chemistries on screen, but I've seen worse. This isn't a profound movie with a deep message, but does work as a nice study of one particular couple, moving on to a new chapter in their lives. New Yorkers will probably have extra appreciation for the film, set in the city and showing culture fairly unique to NYC. The rest of us will find it a little strange, with everybody embracing a "screw you" attitude in everyday life and all relationships, not to mention how out-of-touch it seems to the rest of the world to see people easily buying and selling $1 Million apartments, then talking to each other about small-potato budgets, saying "hey, we're not rich".
There's a small-ish-ly gratuitous side storyline about a very sick pet, which does play on the heartstrings. Overall, I did enjoy this little life snapshot story, as a non-serious entertainment piece about a piece of one couple's life. :35: out of :5:
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