Bec215 H.

This is not everyone’s cup of tea. I’m not sure it would’ve been mine before I spent a year stuck in my house, world turned upside down. If you ever saw Zoolander, that might be the best predictor I can think of if you’ll enjoy or hate this. It’s silly, goofy, surrealist, odd, and clever. It mashes up middle school innocence with adult humor. And middle school humor, too. In fact, much of the movie makes sense to me if you imagine the adults as all being in middle school. I really want someone to ask Wiig about that! And Dornan needs to do more comedy. And sing more. (That’s his real voice, wow!) What I appreciate about this movie is that one thing it never does is treat the women’s friendship as a joke. One is divorced, one is widowed, and they are each other’s rock. There’s no “frenemy” BS here - these women unselfconsciously love each other and support each other, and it works because in real life they’re genuine best friends for years. It is not art. It’s not “cinema”. It has no explicit sex scenes (only implied), no violence, and very few curse words... lots of culottes, “that guy” in a Speedo at every Florida pool, a big almost bollywood-style dance number, a villain with a diabolical plan, a lot of bright colors, and a very wise old talking crab. It’s five stars because it made me happy on a random Thursday night for two hours, and I never once regretted spending $20 to rent it.