Review of Book Club

So, the "vehicle" is that some Old Girls read 50 Shades of grey. Here's an early scene: Old Girl is reading the book while watering her plants...and a close-up of the plant moisture meter shows the needle rising - and Old Girl goes "Wow" .That's the level for the whole film that follows. This is a classic "ensemble performance" by some old Actors needing to buy a condo with the fee.It is shameful, badly done and pathetic at any level. EVERYTHING: every sentence, every joke, every entendre, every facial smirk, every aside,every incidental musical parp is signalled using a theatrical loud hailer. The Male partner performances are bordering on cruelty - as they resemble animal impressions rather than acting, as the film's inevitable slides into a cynical contempt for the audience and the whole history of cinema. Life is short and you will never get the hours back wasted on this trash. Keaton (who has been over-rated her whole career) is beyond apalling and ensures the whole effort eventually sinks into the mud. And for the "technical" staff that would claim they have to pay the rent - no excuse, because quite a bit of the this film was poorly edited, lit, directed and sound recorded. Maybe the crew just couldn't believe what crap they were involved in and forgot basic standards.