Book Club

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    When you bring a cast together such as this one, a lot of times you have to worry about the quality of the film. From "Movie 43" to "Valentine's Day" showed you could get a great cast but not much else. So how does this film measure up to those? Lets discuss!
   For their entire adult lives a group of four friends have gotten together to discuss their book of the month. They are now "older in life", and each feels like they are stuck in that proverbial rut. So how do you fix this problem? You introduce "Fifty Shades" into the group.
   Diane (Diane Keaton) feels smothered by her kids desire to protect her. After the death of her husband, she just wants to live her life. Vivian (Jane Fonda), has thrived as a single, very successful woman her entire life. Sharon ( Candice Bergen) has never been able to put her self out there since her divorce.  Finally, Carol (Mary Steenburgen) has been married to the same guy for thirty-five years, and loves him very much. She just feels things have gotten a little stale.
    When it comes to the story there were a few things that did not sit well with me.  First thing, when you deal with a bigger cast movies can tend to feel like separate stories, not something I enjoy. Throughout the movie, as well, for what I thought would be an incredible amount of sex jokes in it.
Finally, and most of all was the third act. When it comes to the three act structure in a film, the third act always has to come with conflict. This is even the case when the film doesn't really need it. When it comes  to this movie, the conflict at the end was completely unnecessary. My final negative when it comes to this film is the use of green screens. It seemed to be nearly every other scene. It is also incredibly noticeable, to the point of getting aggravating.
   In the end, the movie is fun, even if the path getting there is not the greatest.
GRADE: C 

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