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  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary When 30-year-old self-proclaimed homebody Mack Martin (Elizabeth Lail) reluctantly joins a Palm Springs bachelorette trip for her best friend Carla (Taylour Paige), her inner 70-year-old is released — literally. The frustrated writer and influencer magically transforms into her future self: “Aunt Rita” (Diane Keaton). Freed from the cons...

Directed By: Katie Aselton

Written By: Madeline Walter, Paul Welsh

  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m

Mack & Rita

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
49
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary When 30-year-old self-proclaimed homebody Mack Martin (Elizabeth Lail) reluctantly joins a Palm Springs bachelorette trip for her best friend Carla (Taylour Paige), her inner 70-year-old is released — literally. The frustrated writer and influencer magically transforms into her future self: “Aunt Rita” (Diane Keaton). Freed from the cons...

Directed By: Katie Aselton

Written By: Madeline Walter, Paul Welsh

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
49
15% Positive
2 Reviews
62% Mixed
8 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
49
15% Positive
2 Reviews
62% Mixed
8 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews

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80
Aug 10, 2022
Mack & Rita is silly, but it’s a strong, necessary kind of silly, a warm and embracing kind of silly. Keaton has rarely been so bubbling and bright, reminding us that regardless of age, being true to yourself is all that really counts in a person. The love will come no matter what.
By Fran Hoepfner FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 12, 2022
Directed with some unexpected beats by Katie Aselton, the comedy captures a bit of the esprit de girlfriends of HBO’s “Insecure,” but borrows too giddily from the Nancy Meyers rom-com catalog of upscale homes.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 10, 2022
The film does, at minimum, convince us that most people would want to transform into Keaton if given the opportunity.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
58
Aug 11, 2022
Visually, fusing the story with a warm, contemporary aesthetic makes it a pleasant enough affair. But ultimately, Mack & Rita is a passable work at best for Aselton (Black Rock and The Freebie serve as better showcases for her creative voice), and consequently, it’s unlikely to lead to her soon swapping chairs with the director of the next big-budget blockbuster.
By Courtney Howard FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 11, 2022
The film misses an opportunity to portray the complexity of one’s 30s — and 70s. Still, Mack & Rita is a quirky movie that reminds the audience to live life to the fullest, whatever age they are.
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38
Aug 10, 2022
Maybe if “Rita” had been forced into more bachelorette weekend antics with Paige, bubbly Aimee Carrero and Addie Weyrich, the strain of trying to keep up, comically, with Keaton wouldn’t have been so obvious. As it is, “Mack & Rita” is a criminal waste of seasoned comic talent and a criminal misuse of some of the most beautiful Hollywood starlets coming up behind them.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
0
Aug 11, 2022
Virtually no one associated with this film should be congratulated in any way, having ruptured any bridges between Hollywood and senior citizens or for the shocking misuse of Diane Keaton’s considerable skills.
By Mark Kennedy FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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80% Negative
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Production Company CaliWood Pictures, Hercules Film Fund, Hungry Bull Productions, Rhea Films (II), Saks Picture Company
Release Date Aug 12, 2022
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Old Soul. New Age.
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• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination

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