In this uplifting comedy, life in a retirement community is anything but retiring for a group of young-at-heart senior ladies who decide to pull out the pom-poms and form a cheerleading squad.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Movie #1720........................."Poms"
Movie #1720 "Poms" --- this hasn't gotten rave reviews from the critics (43%) but the audience likes it (73%) and I agree with them. I have always felt that the critics don't give enough credit to how difficult it is to do comedies. I have enjoyed some comedies that critics have only given 25% --- esp. in rom coms, there are just a few directions a writer can go when writing this genre, so I don't take much stock for a critic to say "been there, done that." It's not a helpful review to me for comedies. So I usually have to look at the credentials --- who is in it? who wrote it? who directed it? I saw this one because of Diane Keaton and Jacki Weaver --- and it looked believable that they were all in this retirement home trying to capture their youth. The conflict was a bit weak, and Helen's son was written as way too big of an ass and unbelievable, but other than that, the end of the film I found quite inspiring ---- and the messages are important ones in our society today. And these ladies shown a lot of bravery, esp. Diane Keaton, to be filmed the way they were in this film. I know it's not for everybody, but there are young people in it, so it isn't way off base, if you gen xers see it with your moms or grandmas. There aren't a lot of guys in it but I think men would identify with the ageism. but who knows? I'd give it 3.5 out of 5.
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