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09/01/07
The Boynton Beach Club (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 31
Rotten:21
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus: While the movie has been praised for showcasing a cinematically underused and disrespected age group, it also has the small-screen feel of a silly sitcom.
Theatrical Release:Aug 4, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $3,007,009
Synopsis: Lois, Harry, Marilyn ,Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find emotional... [More]
Starring: Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman
Director: Susan Seidelman
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Reviews for The Boynton Beach Club
It's life affirming, amusing and touching, as relationships struggle and blossom, while friendships form a rock-solid boost to newly imposed loneliness
08/17/07
Both sweet and real.
03/01/07
hanks to Susan Seidelman for reminding us that romantic comedy is suitable for any population or age group...
11/18/06
There are few scenes in films that I regret seeing, two of which are unfortunately in Susan Seidelman's maudlin "The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club."
11/06/06
Seidelman maintains the narrow path between ridicule and dignity in a movie that dishes out humour even-handedly, but spares the characters total humiliation.
11/03/06
Top CriticDespite its best intentions, this seems like a hack job, a routine directing assignment shoved through its paces under the restrictions of a low budget.
11/03/06
Replaces one set of clichés with another, and does what all lame comedies do to young and old alike: It robs them of their humanity and makes them cute.
11/03/06
Top CriticUltimately, the film comes off as a sexed-up cable episode of The Golden Girls, but it still offers amusing scenarios and likeable older characters of a sort too seldom seen on modern movie screens.
10/13/06
Good intentions and strong thespians aside, Seidelman's writing and filmmaking are bland, obvious and uninvolving.
10/06/06
The characters are treated with respect, and their zest for life is inspiring (and not just for those who share their age bracket).
10/06/06
Its obsession with elderly sex makes it come off like a dirtier, extended-play version of the long-running television series The Golden Girls.
10/06/06
"Boynton Beach Club" can warm a heart of any age.
09/28/06
The achievement of Boynton Beach Club is to remind moviegoers that there are huge portions of the population who never appear on-screen and that they have interesting lives, too.
08/31/06
There's no character in the group who doesn't ooze good-natured charm.
08/31/06
Top CriticUnsatisfying comedy-drama, which features a cheesy golden-oldies soundtrack that feels even more packaged than the dialogue.
08/25/06
The movie is funny without disrespecting its characters. But there is a sadness at its heart, because, although the possibilities for romantic happiness diminish after the age of 65, the dynamics of sexual attraction and coupling never change.
08/25/06
More a series of anecdotes than an insightful dramedy and relies too much on absurd coincidences and needless sitcom-style lying.
08/25/06
Top CriticSeidelman's movie doesn't dig deep, and the comedy too quickly veers into routine relationship territory -- albeit with wrinkles.
08/25/06
Top CriticNot a very good movie, but it somehow manages to be enjoyable.
08/25/06
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