Yolanda McCarthy

Pamela Anderson is perfectly cast, her acting is fabulous and genuinely moving as she struggles with what it means to age in a profession where only beauty matters. The rest of the cast are also excellent (apart from, bizarrely, Jamie Lee Curtis who overacts her character into cliche). Where the movie struggles, and it does struggle, is the writing and direction. The shaky-camera is irritating, but I’ll forgive the director that as some other directorial choices are great. But more importantly the story never brings any of its themes to a conclusion, in particular one character does a complete u-turn with zero explanation, and the movie ends startlingly suddenly as if they ran out of time. A shame. The movie also takes far too long to get going. But it is haunting ‘slice of life’ movie that could have been Oscar territory if the story structure problems had been fixed. If you want action or clear plotlines avoid this movie, if you want atmosphere and haunting nostalgia absolutely see it.

So fun, a proper feel good movie that made me (and others in that screening) laugh out loud several times. It’s a romantic comedy for fans of Lost City, Pretty Woman, Notting Hill etc. The stunts and thriller plot are impressive, but just background. Ignore the bad reviews from those who don’t understand comedy…