And So It Goes

All of Diane Keaton's recent romantic comedies are just the same movie, I'm sure of it. Just throw in another older male actor for her to fall in love with, be it Jack Nicholson, Kevin Kline or Harrison Ford. This time it's Michael Douglas' turn.

In this rather formulaic rom-com, Douglas plays a veteran realtor, Oren, who lives in a condo that also houses three other families. His neighbours find him curmudgeonly and abrasive, including next door neighbour Leah (Diane Keaton), a wannabe lounge singer. Oren's life gets turned upside down when his son delivers Oren's granddaughter to his place because he is going to jail. Of course this little girl melts Oren's heart.

I wouldn't say this movie is unoriginal, but it is definitely lacking life. The jokes in the movie are passable and the one's that got me the most were when Douglas' character was irreverent in front of children but that's about it.

Both Keaton and Douglas are better actors than the performances they gave in this movie. And if you want a little more variety of performances in this movie, you're not going to get any. Frankie Valli and Rob Reiner (as if he wouldn't put himself in his movies) have cameos and I thought the Frankie Valli one seemed a little out of place.

Verdict: If you are over the age of fifty and/or like any of the following movies (Somethings Gotta Give, The Big Wedding, Darling Companion) you will like this movie. If you aren't, I would avoid this movie like the plague.