Normally I don't rate a movie here, but here goes. Don't watch this. You'll want to sue somebody to get your time back. If your wife wants to watch this because it's a chick flick and it's "her" turn, come down with the flu. And I'm someone who can sit through a chick flick. My wife and I both wanted to throw this movie at some passerby. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out why people try to sugar coat this one; this is in my top 5 worst movies of all time. And now I'm going to sue someone for the time it took to write this review. Run, get diarrhea, get a fever, or get hit by a bus - do ANYTHING it takes to NOT WATCH this film. You're welcome.

You see I am almost the same age as Blythe Danner so I have a really good appreciation for the themes in this movie.In real life Blythe Danner lost her husband Bruce Paltrow so she really has been and still is living the life of an older widow. In this movie she is Carol Petersen. She forms an unlikely friendship with the pool guy who is young enough to be her son. She sees him as a compatible friend, but he starts to see her as a possible love relationship. They both learn something.It isn't that unlikely because the actress in her early 70s is still quite graceful and good-looking, so when Bill (Sam Elliot) meets her it is easy to understand why he, seemingly a confirmed bachelor, is smitten.I would guess many of the younger crowd will (would) find this movie a bit boring but it really is a good examination of relationships once the "shine" has gone.A bonus, for me at least, was getting to see and hear Danner sing. It is not well known but early in life she became a trained vocalist and considered a career as a jazz singer before she settled on acting. She performs on stage in this movie and she really is good.

Quietness, Simplicity (Love it so much!)It's different,I'm in 22, but when the movie started I was there! as if in 70 of my age, which I didn't know if I'll reach, I believe that I lived the moment somehow, the most thing I noticed and loved it in this movie is the quietness and Simplicity.. I was smiling in the lots of scenes.-------------------------------- Wonderful Movie Without A Doubt.9/10.

Reading the synopsis for this movie I thought I'd be in for an hour of sentimental slush about senior citizens like myself, but it isn't like that at all. Sure, it's about the kind of problems we old folk can encounter, and therefore how it will register with other sections of the population I can't tell. Some won't have any patience with it because it doesn't affect them. Yet. A pity, as they're the ones who'd benefit most from seeing it.It's an intelligent, well-written, tactfully directed, thoughtful and touching movie. It is luxuriously cast with a bunch of top-level character actors who fill the screen with their warmth. It's invidious to single anyone out but I'm going to mention Martin Starr, an actor I don't remember encountering before in spite of his many credits. His scenes with Blythe Danner are particularly good. Danner herself, the movie's linchpin, is vulnerable without being self-pitying or cloying in any way. A fine performance in a fine film.