I waited for this movie with great anticipation. The actors have done fine work in the past, and the previous Book Club movie was nicely done.
But this Book Club: The Next Chapter is so flimsy it is embarrassing, mainly to women in general. As if women live in a world of teenage dreams and have no way of solidifying their identity without resorting to superficial concerns and external validations.
For instance, the constant emphasis on clothes, or on how men love or do not love the women, or on the ideal, magical trip that is supposed to liberate you, or on what the fates want for you, or on what signs you are being given about your "destiny" - all this is just so tiresome and empty.
The characters never seemed to be concerned about anything except their own private selves.
And the ending was preposterous. It made the women seem as if they were completely inconsistent.
But this Book Club: The Next Chapter is so flimsy it is embarrassing, mainly to women in general. As if women live in a world of teenage dreams and have no way of solidifying their identity without resorting to superficial concerns and external validations.
For instance, the constant emphasis on clothes, or on how men love or do not love the women, or on the ideal, magical trip that is supposed to liberate you, or on what the fates want for you, or on what signs you are being given about your "destiny" - all this is just so tiresome and empty.
The characters never seemed to be concerned about anything except their own private selves.
And the ending was preposterous. It made the women seem as if they were completely inconsistent.