Surprisingly likable romp with a limited time setting that I just began because I wanting something watchable enough for a little bit but I ended up watching all the way through.
It's very familiar with its party of women in the second epoch of their lives reflecting on life and aging but they don't go into that much depth with it thank goodness. There isn't that much conflict really until they manufacture some toward the end just to make it feel like a movie. They don't really earn the sentimental display of friendships formed with Toni Colette's Ice queen character cracked a bit too easily (she is so much better here than in Hereditary, she is comic actress for sure).
Strangely the most enjoyable parts are the asides with the fathers bonding over pointless conversations. This is one of those movies that really hits home that there is still a firm gender divide with "the moms" going out, doing exercise together, sort of like a class apart from men for some reason. If I were a woman would I be just like them?
Not exactly a gem but it wasn't a bad watch for a Sunday night.
It's very familiar with its party of women in the second epoch of their lives reflecting on life and aging but they don't go into that much depth with it thank goodness. There isn't that much conflict really until they manufacture some toward the end just to make it feel like a movie. They don't really earn the sentimental display of friendships formed with Toni Colette's Ice queen character cracked a bit too easily (she is so much better here than in Hereditary, she is comic actress for sure).
Strangely the most enjoyable parts are the asides with the fathers bonding over pointless conversations. This is one of those movies that really hits home that there is still a firm gender divide with "the moms" going out, doing exercise together, sort of like a class apart from men for some reason. If I were a woman would I be just like them?
Not exactly a gem but it wasn't a bad watch for a Sunday night.