I saw "Book Club", starring Diane Keaton-Love the Coopers, Mama's Boy; Jane Fonda-Grace and Frankie_tv, Fun With Dick and Jane; Candice Bergen-Rules Don't Apply, Miss Congeniality and Mary Steenburgen-The Last Man on Earth_tv, The Help.
This is a comedy about 4 middle aged women that get together for their book club once a month and discover '50 Shades of Grey'. Each is in a different stage of a relationship. Diane is widowed and lets her grown, needy kids run her life-they want her to move into their basement so they can keep an eye on her, since she is 'old' and can't take care of herself. Jane is a rich hotel owner/businesswoman that doesn't need to have a steady male friend, she just uses men for sex. Candice is a judge that divorced her husband 18 years ago but can't seem to let go of her feelings for him, even when he hooks up with a 20 something plaything. And Mary, she has been married for 35 years but has not had sex with her husband in the past 6 months-since he retired. Then, '50 Shades' comes into their lives and shakes up things with each one of the ladies. All the actors are good in their roles, even the men-Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson, Andy Garcia and Richard Dreyfus-but it was just a little predictable. I laughed at most of the situations and my wife seemed to enjoy it, too.
It's rated "PG-13" for language and sexual situations-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 44 minutes.
I enjoyed it but it's not one that I would buy on DVD. It would be a good rental, though.
Review of Book Club
