Louella (Tomlin) has been avoiding calls from her oncologist, just one in a handful of crises meant to cover the full gamut of octogenarian struggles: incurable flirt Trish (Fonda) is fresh off the latest in a long series of heartbreaks, recently widowed Maura (Moreno) can’t bring herself to move on, and responsible one Betty (Field) feels unheard by her professor husband (a pantsless Bob Balaban) glued to his dissertation. That never-say-die spirit, for instance, is crystallized with a pep talk from Tomlin that sees her resolve to beat cancer inspire Brady to battle the Atlanta Falcons into overtime.
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But for all its congenial upbeatitude, this salute to blue-hair camaraderie has been molded into the shape of a movie without much finesse. Good company is the name of the game here, both in the nourishing bond between these geriatric besties as well as the chance for us to spend another 100 minutes in the presence of showbiz royalty.
New Hollywood icons Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno and Sally Field play a real-life group of Massachusetts galpals who found a new structure for their lifelong friendship in the weekly broadcast of Pats games during the Brady-Belichick era, coming together to check in and catch up over an activity more stimulating than bingo. His regular fourth-quarter miracles are a testament to the fact that being down isn’t the same as being out, and that can-do resilience forms the flimsy link connecting him to the quartet of greying legends who star in the mild, pleasurable 80 for Brady.
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