When two elderly neighbors (Robert Redford, Jane Fonda) begin to share a bed at night, simply to cure their loneliness, the arrangement doesn’t sit well with everybody in their lives… The director of The Lunchbox (2013) delivers another romantic drama for grownups, one that unites the two stars onscreen for the first time since 1979. At the age of 80, they are perfectly cast and carry a movie that shows how sins of the past will haunt you long after they happened. Presented with a gentle and careful touch that makes it a pleasure to watch… but the drama never really reaches great heights.
2017-U.S. 103 min. Color. Directed by Ritesh Batra. Novel: Kent Haruf. Cast: Robert Redford (Louis Waters), Jane Fonda (Addie Moore), Matthias Schoenaerts (Gene Moore), Judy Greer, Bruce Dern, Iain Armitage.
Trivia: Co-produced by Redford. First shown at the Venice film festival, then released on Netflix.
