Poms

Name: Poms
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: May 10, 2019
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Alisha Boe, Bruce McGill, Celia Weston, Charlie Tahan, Diane Keaton

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Entertainment One | Release Date: May 10, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Alisha Boe, Bruce McGill, Celia Weston, Charlie Tahan, Diane Keaton, Dorothy Steel, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Ginny MacColl, Jacki Weaver, Jessica Roth, Pam Grier, Patricia French, Phyllis Somerville, Rhea Perlman

Summary: Martha (Diane Keaton) moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), Olive (Pam Grier) and Alice (Rhea Perlman), proving that it's never too late to follow your dreams.

Director: Zara Hayes

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 min

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Kim Hughes

May 9, 2019

A dynamite ensemble cast and a truckload of heart keep the sentimental new comedy POMS from crumbling beneath multiple well-thumbed clichés including (but not limited to) plucky underdogs can triumph, friends are really important and life is short so live it fully. Read full review

Chandler Levack

May 8, 2019

It makes no sense that this fun, feel-good movie about senior citizen cheerleaders should waste so much precious screen time on miserly Keaton hacking up her Metamucil or whatever. If you’re going to make a movie about elderly cheerleaders, bring some brio and physicality to it. Read full review

Sarah Ward

May 9, 2019

The feature’s heart is in the right place, especially in advocating that age shouldn’t be a barrier. But Poms is a by-the-numbers feature which couples its empowering message with routine gags and muddled conflict. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 10, 2019

The jokes are strictly low-hanging fruit, but the film’s predictable path takes just enough care to avoid the places we’re sure we’re headed to sustain its 91 minutes. Read full review

Allison Shoemaker

May 9, 2019

Together, Weaver and Keaton sometimes manage to tease out the movie inside the movie, the one drawn to the connections between death and joy, youthfulness and mortality. Read full review

Beandrea July

May 9, 2019

Poms is equal parts boring and infuriating, especially when you consider the actresses made to perform caricatures of old age. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

May 9, 2019

An uncomfortable blend of sickness and silliness, this dancing-past-the-graveyard comedy suggests that the many travails of aging can be endured if you only gather enough friends and surrender enough dignity. Read full review

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ElaineP

May 16, 2019

I like this movie a lot and I laughed a lot during it. I think that it is a very cute movie.

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

kickmuncher

May 10, 2019

This movie is great. It's weird and funny and Diane Keaton is amazing in it and there's not another movie like it at all, just not even close. Some of these reviews say it's cliche but they're getting distracted by the few normal things about it that are there to help the medicine go down,This movie is great. It's weird and funny and Diane Keaton is amazing in it and there's not another movie like it at all, just not even close. Some of these reviews say it's cliche but they're getting distracted by the few normal things about it that are there to help the medicine go down, it's just a great, weird, subtle movie. If you want to see a fun movie that's not like other movies, this is it.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

Celiam57

May 12, 2019

Great movies, the actresses were spot on, only complaint was that I wish the movie were longer.

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syhuff

Sep 8, 2021

Good
1)Well...I like old people, especially old actresses. In this movie they get good parts, and I have to forgive the movie. 2) I haven’t seen Veronica Cartwright in ages, and she’s still so wonderful! Also, I like Diane Keaton better as a crank than a ditz.
3) I think it had 2 or 3Good
1)Well...I like old people, especially old actresses. In this movie they get good parts, and I have to forgive the movie. 2) I haven’t seen Veronica Cartwright in ages, and she’s still so wonderful! Also, I like Diane Keaton better as a crank than a ditz.
3) I think it had 2 or 3 honestly funny bits, and it had a good heart. Bad-
1)Was there a cliche of the old people comedy that they skipped? I don’t think so. Was it a story built from an algorithm? For sure.

2) Rhea Perlman? Wasted. Pam Grier? Wasted.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Aug 4, 2019

It's so predictable and so basic that it's unable to take advantage of its cast, so you never get involved in the story or in the characters, so it's a non-rewarding experience that fades away the moment you finish it.

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TVJerry

May 10, 2019

There have been numerous documentaries and narrative films about seniors doing something unexpected or untraditional for their age. This time, Diane Keaton moves from NYC to a retirement community in Georgia, where she disrupts things by forming a cheerleading group (including Jacki Weaver,There have been numerous documentaries and narrative films about seniors doing something unexpected or untraditional for their age. This time, Diane Keaton moves from NYC to a retirement community in Georgia, where she disrupts things by forming a cheerleading group (including Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier & Rhea Perlman). The concept is certainly not inspiring or original. What makes it even more dreary is that none of the characters are especially endearing or sufficiently quirky to make it fun. Top that off with bland writing. There may be some appeal to women above 50, who might relate to the situations and appreciate the empowerment message. Otherwise, it’s a painfully predictable, lackluster endeavor.… Expand

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MaxPesky

May 31, 2019

This is too **** **** I Never Watch it, Why did everyone create that **** movie

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