Grumpy Old Men

Rating:
Summary: Good but not great funny movies
Review: Two fun movies with a couple of over-the-hill but still funny classic comediens. Ann Margret is great as the live live to the fullest new neighbor, and Burgess Meredith has a very funny small role as the over-sexed father of Jack Lemmon's character. Sophia Loren is classic as the sexy new arrival, and good showings by Darryl Hannah and others you will recognize. Nothing new or great here, but fun movies for a Saturday night in.

Rating:
Summary: Matthau and Lemmon are better than Martin and Lewis
Review: Two old geezers, known each other since they were in school, live is same neighborhood, are alot older, but still haven't grown up! I am a Lemmon and Mathau fan from way back, together or alone they are great, but in this case when they get together, they get GRUMPY! If there were more stars to give, I would. The movie is funny, serious, heart warming, a bit of an old guy testosterone fight. New lady moves to town, and the testosterone definitely jumps up... they fight like school boys with a first crush. This is not your wifes "Chick Flick", but men and women alike will enjoy this movie.

Rating:
Summary: Matthau and Lemmon are better than Martin and Lewis
Review: Two old geezers, known each other since they were in school, live is same neighborhood, are alot older, but still haven't grown up! I am a Lemmon and Mathau fan from way back, together or alone they are great, but in this case when they get together, they get GRUMPY! If there were more stars to give, I would. The movie is funny, serious, heart warming, a bit of an old guy testosterone fight. New lady moves to town, and the testosterone definitely jumps up... they fight like school boys with a first crush. This is not your wifes "Chick Flick", but men and women alike will enjoy this movie.

Rating:
Summary: This film really shouldn't have worked this well
Review: Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon were outstanding, veteran comic actors by the time this film was made. Their presence guaranteed some level of quality and success. Add Burgess Meredith and the still-lovely Ann-Margret, and you have plenty of ingredients to end up with a 3.5 to 4 star film. The story is pretty basic, really. Two old friends, moving into their senior years, both fall in love with the lovely woman who moves into the neighborhood. Nothing complex, new, innovative, or fascinating in that plot, as it stands by itself.

Every once in a while, though, all the ingredients in a stew -- or a film -- come together just right, and there is a touch of magic. That occurred here. Will this film make you roar with laughter? Is it comic genius? Probably not. Will you smile and chuckle a lot? On that, I'd bet good money.

Rating:
Summary: This film really shouldn't have worked this well
Review: Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon were outstanding, veteran comic actors by the time this film was made. Their presence guaranteed some level of quality and success. Add Burgess Meredith and the still-lovely Ann-Margret, and you have plenty of ingredients to end up with a 3.5 to 4 star film. The story is pretty basic, really. Two old friends, moving into their senior years, both fall in love with the lovely woman who moves into the neighborhood. Nothing complex, new, innovative, or fascinating in that plot, as it stands by itself.

Every once in a while, though, all the ingredients in a stew -- or a film -- come together just right, and there is a touch of magic. That occurred here. Will this film make you roar with laughter? Is it comic genius? Probably not. Will you smile and chuckle a lot? On that, I'd bet good money.

Rating:
Summary: Depressingly true to the title
Review: Who likes grumpy old men? This movie made me think at that old poem "gather ye rosebuds while you may..."All in this movie is old, beginning whit the humour.