I didn't think this movie would be anything more than mildly amusing. But, once again (just as she did in "First Wives Club" and "The Family Stone"), Diane Keaton proved me wrong. And, in that regard, she had a lot of help!
The premise of the story is relatively simple. Jane Fonda plays a wealthy, cougarish hotelier; Candace Bergen plays a divorced Federal judge; Mary Steenburgen plays a married-but-under-sexed restaurateur; and Diane plays a widowed mom with two grown (and grown too overprotective) daughters. What do all four have in common? A book club that the four of them have been the sole members of since 1974. Their most recent reading material?
The "Fifty Shades" book trilogy by E.L. James.
The effect those books have on their post-50-something love lives has to be seen to be believed...and enjoyed. And with male-co-stars like Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Don Johnson, and Craig T. Nelson (Diane's co-star from"The Family Stone"), how could it not be enjoyed?
Assuming, of course, one is not some Millenial age-ist.
In short; I wish I could quote some of the more memorable lines that made me belly laugh. But, apparently, even substituting asterisks for certain letters of the alphabet is no longer considered acceptable by the Sealers-of-Approval at IMDB! So, just take my poetic word for it. This movie is not a waste of your money....because it is just plain undeniably _funny_!
