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Boynton Beach Club

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Boynton Beach Club reviews
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8.6 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 21 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama

Written by: Susan Seidelman
Shelly Gitlow
Florence Seidelman (story)
David Cramer (story)

Directed by: Susan Seidelman

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 4, 2006
DVD: February 6, 2007

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman, Michael Nouri, Brenda Vaccaro, Renée Taylor, and Mal Z. Lawrence

A romantic comedy about our amazing capacity to rebound and fall in love -- at any age. (Roadside Attractions)

What The Critics Said

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75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

A lively and poignant comedy with lots of laughs and juicy roles for a roster of seasoned performers who should be seen more often.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

The way Boynton Beach residents reach out to one another is enough to make you consider relocating to one of these communities.

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75

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

This delightful, if perhaps too calculatedly winsome, comedy presents seniors who are coping with emotional and physical losses and challenges them to act like the young people they still are at heart.

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75

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Cannon actually is funny -- not to mention funny-looking. Plastic surgery has left her physically absurd, like a vaguely glamorous R. Crumb cartoon.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White

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.

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70

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

There are plenty of reasons to like the movie, such as its genuinely gentle wit, its occasional capture of the absurdities of aging and its endorsement of the permanence of lust, but one factor in particular is its brilliant cast of discarded '70s-era Hollywood stars.

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70

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

This funny, nervy, and pointedly unrated geriatric sex comedy is both enhanced and occasionally limited by being targeted at baby boomers.

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70

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Smoothly balancing comedy and pathos, it infuses the fantasy with enough credibility to make you care about these people and wish them merrily on their way.

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70

Variety Ronnie Scheib

Briskly paced humor and/or pathos flow organically from situation and characters.

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70

Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano

As a niche entertainment catering to an overlooked audience, Boynton Beach Club is remarkable mostly for its optimism and solid performances.

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

A thoughtful and nicely observed dramedy about a group of AARP-sters grappling with life, loss, love and -- gasp -- sex in a South Florida "active adult community."

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67

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Gracious, if meandering.

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67

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Thanks to Susan Seidelman for reminding us that romantic comedy is suitable for any population or age group.

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63

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Sweet-natured, episodic comedy-drama.

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63

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Too often, Boynton Beach Club feels like a made-for-TV movie with a little sex, nudity, and profanity thrown in to spice things up.

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58

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

It's refreshing to see a film that so directly addresses the issues and concerns of a vast, overlooked demographic, but it'd be much more satisfying if Boynton did more than just affably skate along the surface.

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50

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Here Seidelman's more interested in warm and fuzzy than in carbonation. That's fine, as far as this modest picture goes. But the actors deserve more, and better.

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50

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

While Seidelman deserves considerable credit for making the rare romantic comedy about seniors, it's a shame the movie itself is as bland as a low-sodium diet.

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42

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

Good intentions and strong thespians aside, Seidelman's writing and filmmaking are bland, obvious and uninvolving.

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40

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

A threadbare plot peeks through the shameless run of shopworn jokes about Viagra, stashed-away dildos, eager old dames delivering unsolicited casseroles to freshly widowed men.

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33

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

Its wasted cast includes Dyan Cannon, Sally Kellerman, Len Cariou, and Brenda Vaccaro, who miraculously manages to give a fine performance in this malarkey.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Bob B. gave it a10:
It started out funny and the laughs never stopped. My 15 year old son loved the movie! I can't wait to get older as I am only 50 years young.

Neal F. gave it a10:
I saw this film at the Palm Springs Film Festival and was really surprised at how much I laughed and enjoyed this movie. It is a charming movie with a talented cast. I'm not a senior (yet) but I think this movie is a feel good movie for any age. I can't wait for my mother to see it. She'll die....laughing.

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