You might be excused for speculating that it is really a high school romantic comedy whose teenage characters are played by their grandparents.
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08/04/06
The Boynton Beach Club (2006)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:31
Rotten:21
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: While the movie has been praised for showcasing a cinematically underused and disrespected age group, it also has the small-screen feel of a silly sitcom.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Lois, Harry, Marilyn ,Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find emotional... [More]
Starring: Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman
Director: Susan Seidelman
Reviews for The Boynton Beach Club
Top CriticA lively and poignant comedy with lots of laughs and juicy roles for a roster of seasoned performers who should be seen more often.
08/04/06
While Seidelman deserves considerable credit for making the rare romantic comedy about seniors, it's a shame the movie itself is as bland as a low-sodium diet.
08/04/06
It's all harmless enough, predictable but refreshingly free from condescension, and will probably find a long life on cable television.
08/04/06
At the Boynton Beach Club, seniors are just as vulnerable in romance as their younger counterparts, something the film shows without being too corny.
08/03/06
Upbeat and occasionally self-consciously kooky, Boynton Beach Club doesn't exactly plumb the depths of the aging experience, but it has its moments of surprise and offers a look at life past the point where movies are generally interested.
08/03/06
Top CriticA thoughtful and nicely observed dramedy about a group of AARP-sters grappling with life, loss, love and -- gasp -- sex in a South Florida 'active adult community.'
08/03/06
Top CriticPlays like a bloated version of an old episode of Love, American Style.
08/03/06
Best seen as a pilot for a Golden Girls spinoff, ready for cancellation in week two.
08/03/06
The problem with the film is that, although it is well performed and competently directed, the blandness of the result renders it easy to watch but hard to be enthusiastic about.
08/03/06
A bittersweet comedy about aging Baby Boomers and their valiant efforts to find love and their share of happiness in an active adult community in Florida.
07/22/06
Enjoyable evidence that life goes on just fine after the death of loved ones.
07/18/06
[D]irector-writer Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan) is hoping her target audience will abandon the shuffleboard courts for the multiplex.
05/04/06
Boynton Beach Bereavement Club never aims to be much more than sweet. If only it had hit that mark a little more often.
05/03/06
Briskly paced humor and/or pathos flow organically from situation and characters, with age providing less an occasion for one-liners than a now-or-never excuse to wallow in unfettered personality expression.
05/01/06
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