Cuando ellas quieren

A sweet, group romantic comedy, with an all-star cast. The cast are all Very accomplished actors and actresses, and it shows. Like all rom-coms, some aspects are formulaic, but hey, what do you expect? I was particularly impressed with Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen. Not a movie I would buy, but worth a look on cable, or a Netflix rental.

With such a stellar cast of favorites from my own generation, I expected this movie to be enjoyable. It wasn't! It was like watching an operation where the patient flatlines. I kept looking at the clock and wishing it was over.

I just adore Jane Fonda, and her show Grace & Frankie is one that I always find funny and unpredictable, and that I can hardly wait for the next episode of. Unfortunately, such was not the case with Book Club. There was nothing fresh or exciting about it in the least. I wonder if it was written in a hurry, or by a novice. I am not hard to please when it comes to movies; it has to be really dull for me to want it to hurry up and end. A lot of people said they laughed all thru it; makes me wonder if they have been living in a cave where they had few opportunities to watch a film.

The only redeeming aspect of this film, for me, was getting to see Fonda, Bergen, Keaton, Garcia, and Don Johnson (holy shades of pastel, he's aged well!); It's not their fault that the story was about as interesting as a trip to the grocery store.

Book Club is a film that won't win any major awards and it won't be one of the years greatest, but if you can sit down and enjoy it for what it is, then I think you'll like it.

It stars Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenbergen. The supporting cast includes Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, Richard Dreyfuss, and Alicia Silverstone. So obviously we have a good bit of talent here. And I'll say that I definitely enjoyed the cast and I thought they all did a great job, no one phoned in it. That really is this films biggest positive, the cast. The actors have a really good chemistry that flows well, they're all just such talented people. If the cast had been full of other leads I don't think I would've liked the film at all. The script could have been better, not gonna lie. The material the cast had to work with wasn't great, but they made it work.

There are funny moments and I give the writers credit for that, but if I'm being honest it was the cast that made those moments funny. There were serious moments too of course, and they worked overall, maybe a tad too cheesy at times but I was expecting the stereotypical stuff to an extent. I'll say that overall I did have a good time with Book Club, it is not great or monumental, but if you're looking for a movie to sit back with a glass of wine and just enjoy, then I'd suggest this. And even though yes it might've been stereotypical to do, I loved seeing all these older women find love again.

Fun, fun, fun movie - I'm going to see it again. So many laugh-out-loud moments. I would have loved to see more of Candice Bergen (a favorite!) and Richard Dreyfuss. Nevertheless I enjoyed the entire cast, movie and especially the music!

I didn't expect much from this movie but really was pleasantly surprised. Of course it wasn't a mystery what would happen but it was nice seeing successful women that age falling in love. I loved seeing Andy Garcia in this movie!!