Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.
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The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
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Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Quite delightful, actually. A terrific cast makes the movie that much more enjoyable, especially Billy Connolly and Maggie Smith. What a fantastic blend of comedy and drama. It was simply charming and I loved the ending!
Samuel Goldwyn said "if you want to send a message, call Western Union." The Weinsteins never fail to forget this piece of advice because they are vile propagandists who want to keep all the bad and destroy all the good.The acting is OK, Maggie Smith makes all her usual head tilts, and Tom Courtney is barely recognizable from his days as Billy Liar or The Long Distance Runner. Never mind all that. The dialog is mundane stuff; a one hour TV show padded out for an extra hour. Nice interior shots and some beautiful landscaping at an English stately home for retired orchestra and opera performers whose world has sadly been run into the ground by vermin like TV and movie producers.The movie was a nice little story about old people until they dragged in guttersnipes who lectured the audience about the virtues of rap and hiphop at which point I turned off the goggle box, ejected the disc and took it back to RedBox. Call me a bigot, but I hate, no, detest and abhor being lectured by the people who wreck traditions.
A home for retired musical people serves as the backdrop for this interesting 2012 film.Not letting the infirmities of old age get to them, the residents there stage a show to keep the home going. No, it's not Mickey and Judy at the barn.As retired opera singer, Jean Horton, Maggie Smith delivers a compelling performance. Frustrated by her failed marriages, advancing age and refusal at first to participate in the group,Smith alternates between a calm woman and one prone to outbursts.There is a wonderful supporting performance by Pauline Collins, as a retired diva, prone to dementia.Tom Courtenay as a resident and former husband of Smith is also compelling in the film.Michael Gambon, as the director of the show, wears clothing most appropriate to the Middle Ages.
This probably isn't a film that I would typically go and see – it's not really aimed at me. I, therefore, decided to watch it in Brixton to add some credibility. Essentially, a cast of British ageing British stars have been brought together to be told what to do by an ageing American star in Dustin Hoffman. Cue hilariousness with jokes about being old.That's probably a bit harsh, with this more a piece about fear of losing gifts when growing old, a bit like being part of QPR's squad. Identified at the end for their talents, much of the wider cast are stars of the stage from yesteryear showcasing their talents in a retirement home for elderly musicians.The titular quartet are star opera singers famed for their foursome that have grown apart by failed marriage and senility. With the fourth member finally being old enough to make residence, the four are reunited and everyone suggests that they should perform at the 'big show' which obviously isn't anywhere near as big as what they would have done in the past. Overcoming their past differences and fears, the four take the stage to have the film end before we realise that Billy Connolly isn't actually a master opera performer after all.The addition of Billy Connolly is a wise one, however, as the film is just a bit too twee without him. The film is not particularly long, but seems to drag on a bit, possibly due to the lack of any real event and not too much depth into each of the characters. Connolly provides the comic relief which is welcome, but other than that it's just a bit too nice. Even the resident doctor, played a bit too emotionally by Sheridan Smith, is nice, with not an abusive word nor demeaning act forced upon the olds. Where's the fun, or reality, in that?politic1983.blogspot.com