Although its moment of connection with the zeitgeist has now passed (four senior friends do the 50 Shades trilogy for their book club), the real pleasure of this movie is seeing four great Hollywood actresses owning the big screen: Bergen's wonderfully dry delivery, Steenburgen's playfulness, Fonda in top diva form and the comic genius of Keaton are all enjoyable to watch and the chemistry between the four of them works extremely well. Given the nature of the film, it is SO gentle that most of it simply floats by, with the occasional good line thrown in to raise a smile. Its target audience will love it (and indulge its familiar movie netherworld of easy money and luxury) and it serves its star actresses acceptably.
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