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Scenes in a retirement home are free of cheap gags at the occupants' expense. The supporting cast contributes well all around. There's less need to suspend disbelief here than usual for the genre. But screen writers Kurt Brungardt and Christopher Momenee make the journey entertaining, while director Giorgio Serafini runs the table in a crisp 92 minutes. You can fill in the rest of where they'll wind up on your own. Along the way, he meets a free-spirited, age-appropriate baker (Smart) for whom he develops an uncharacteristic attraction. The rest of the film follows his efforts to regain both with the help of several friends. For him, that's the equivalent of a gelding.

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Unfortunately, he does so once too often, costing him possession of his car and drivers license. He drives rather sportily, if not recklessly, as part of his charm. Shatner is a former jet pilot, who chases skirts ardently, propping up his appeal with his Porsche convertible.

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Mercifully, this script resists the temptations of schmaltz and gives us a relatively believable story, set in a California desert city, mainly full of retirees. If a Walter Matthau character could reel in an Ann-Margret, as he did in Grumpy Old Men, hope remains alive for them and the old dudes who buy tickets. I suppose the tradition arose from old white male studio heads, who lived their own fantasies vicariously via the screening room. Such connections develop even without the geriatric gent having enough money or fame to provide incentive. One common trope is for a hot, much younger woman to fall for a man old enough to be at least her father. The anxiety comes from decades of such films turning out to be mush that can be downed without dentures, as the seniors become caricatures in absurd situations. The cast is headed by three actors whose work I've enjoyed many times - William Shatner, Christopher Lloyd and Jean Smart. ::Reminds me of a joke -'Whats the second best thing that comes out of a penis?.The wrinkles! Sorry, the devil made me do it.I approached this rom-com among the elderly with great trepidation.

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It would appear that 'geezer' is rather like the word and is not PC for most people at most times and places.

: : At our senior center we frequently refer to close associates as 'geezers'. : : : Well, I would prefer to be called young, if it weren't for my concern for accuracy. FYI - I would prefer to be called elderly or old. and senior citizen centers started opening up. I didn't hear it until the 1960s when all kinds of government money poured into my area of W.Va. But I looked it up last night and it dates back to 1938.

: : : : I thought 'senior citizens' was a relatively new term. I have never seen the phrase in print but it is so commonplace that it should turn up in places other than my experience. temporarly forgetting a name or face or a word. They are apparently managed locally but use a lot of grant money so there is a lot of US government regulation.) Anyway, 'seniors' use the expression 'senior moment' to describe a lapse of memory e.g. : : : : : I spend a significant amount of time with 'seniors' at the 'senior center' (Senior Centers are, I gather, a fairly common community in the US. : : : : : : I think its ancestor was 'Kodak moment,' from commercials. Do we know its origin or am I forgetting again. : : : : : : : I didn't find this in the archives. In Reply to: Senior moment? posted by ESC on March 03, 2004