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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
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It's life affirming, amusing and touching, as relationships struggle and blossom, while friendships form a rock-solid boost to newly imposed loneliness Full Review |
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Both sweet and real. Full Review |
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3/5 |
hanks to Susan Seidelman for reminding us that romantic comedy is suitable for any population or age group... Full Review |
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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." Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Seidelman maintains the narrow path between ridicule and dignity in a movie that dishes out humour even-handedly, but spares the characters total humiliation. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Despite its best intentions, this seems like a hack job, a routine directing assignment shoved through its paces under the restrictions of a low budget. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Ultimately, 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. Full Review |
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C- |
Good intentions and strong thespians aside, Seidelman's writing and filmmaking are bland, obvious and uninvolving. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
The characters are treated with respect, and their zest for life is inspiring (and not just for those who share their age bracket). Full Review |
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2/4 |
Its obsession with elderly sex makes it come off like a dirtier, extended-play version of the long-running television series The Golden Girls. Full Review |
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3/4 |
"Boynton Beach Club" can warm a heart of any age. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
There's no character in the group who doesn't ooze good-natured charm. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Unsatisfying comedy-drama, which features a cheesy golden-oldies soundtrack that feels even more packaged than the dialogue. Full Review |
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B |
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. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
More a series of anecdotes than an insightful dramedy and relies too much on absurd coincidences and needless sitcom-style lying. Full Review |
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C+ |
Seidelman's movie doesn't dig deep, and the comedy too quickly veers into routine relationship territory -- albeit with wrinkles. Full Review |
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