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The film chronicles the oh-so-cute misadventures of six seniors who use their bereavement club like a singles bar. What follows is a series of dating vignettes that are, for the most part, uncannily similar to what you'd find in your typical teenage sex comedy. The awkwardness of dating for the first time is replaced by the awkwardness of dating for the first time in a while. Instead of silly scenes with teens buying condoms, we get corny scenes of old folks buying Viagra.
every potentially weighty situation is made as light and fluffy as possible, with the four parallel plot threads always in perfect synch. When a mild misunderstanding thwarts the romantic aspirations of one prospective couple, you can be sure the next four scenes will bear similar inconveniences for the rest. Throughout, the cast of old pros is entirely too upbeat—Dyan Cannon and Sally Kellerman, in particular, play characters with the excessive patience and kindness of saints. The whole thing begins to feel like an intolerably manipulative, inspirational charade.
There's nothing wrong with a film portraying seniors as being as realistically horny as the rest of us. But it may not be wise to target such a saccharine film to a group especially prone to adult-onset diabetes.