An average movie

I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since there was a nice cast, I thought I should check it out anyway. And, indeed, the cast was pretty impressive (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya , Sarah Jessica Parker, Stockard Channing, Elizabeth Berkley, Marcia Gay Harden, Rob Reiner, Timothy Olyphant, J.K. Simmons, Heather Locklear) and it was pretty obvious that the 3 lead actress had a blast with this flick. As a matter of fact, it was actually a box-office success (which was something I didn’t expect) and all three main cast members wanted to make a sequel but the studio was not really interested. Anyway, personally, I thought the whole thing was rather lame. Indeed, even though there were a (very) few funny moments, it was just eventually really tedious to watch. For example, Diane Keaton goes to a shrink to solve her marriage issues and later on she finds out that her counselor is actually sleeping with her husband. Not only was it not funny at all but it was also a very old and tired joke. The rest of the movie was eventually pretty much in the same spirit : uninspired, lazy and just plain boring. It’s too bad because the whole thing had some potential, especially with such an interesting cast. To conclude, it is a very average comedy and it is not really worth a look, even if you like the genre.

5/10