Jane (Meryl Streep) has been divorced from Jake (Alec Baldwin) for 10 years. He also married the woman he cheated with. At their youngest son's graduation they get drunk and end up in bed. Jake LOVES it and wonders why he left Jane. Jane feels guilty for committing adultery. But Jake presses her to continue having sex which she enjoys. Then she meets nice divorced Adam (Steve Martin) and falls for him!
Somewhat predictable (I saw the ending coming a mile away) and not really that good but I must admit this movie has some great moments. First of all the cast is great--Streep, Baldwin and Martin all play their roles beautifully in dramatic AND comedic scenes. Also John Krasinski has lots of good moments as Harley. The real problem is the script. It's just a little TOO predictable and frankly not funny enough. Some of the lines were lame and I didn't buy the happy ending for one second (although I admit it made me cry--a little). It 's just there were a few wonderful moments that really worked. The reaction of the kids when they found out their mom and dad were sleeping together was beautifully done and nobody was totally evil or totally good. You saw the good and bad in all the characters and understood their motivations. Also the movie looks beautiful with incredibly gorgeous locations and settings. And the final sequence where everything goes spinning totally out of control WAS very funny! Also it was touching more than once--me and quite a few of the women in the audience got misty-eyed over some sequences. So a very GOOD movie but not a great one. I give it a 7.
A word about the R rating. Ignore it--this is PG-13 all the way. It got an R rating because two people smoke a joint and are NOT punished. Seriously--that's it! That's no reason! In "9 to 5" made back in 1980 the three main characters share a joint, they're not punished and it got a PG!!!! There are some VERY brief flashes of back male nudity but no more than u can see on TV. So--ignore the R rating.
Somewhat predictable (I saw the ending coming a mile away) and not really that good but I must admit this movie has some great moments. First of all the cast is great--Streep, Baldwin and Martin all play their roles beautifully in dramatic AND comedic scenes. Also John Krasinski has lots of good moments as Harley. The real problem is the script. It's just a little TOO predictable and frankly not funny enough. Some of the lines were lame and I didn't buy the happy ending for one second (although I admit it made me cry--a little). It 's just there were a few wonderful moments that really worked. The reaction of the kids when they found out their mom and dad were sleeping together was beautifully done and nobody was totally evil or totally good. You saw the good and bad in all the characters and understood their motivations. Also the movie looks beautiful with incredibly gorgeous locations and settings. And the final sequence where everything goes spinning totally out of control WAS very funny! Also it was touching more than once--me and quite a few of the women in the audience got misty-eyed over some sequences. So a very GOOD movie but not a great one. I give it a 7.
A word about the R rating. Ignore it--this is PG-13 all the way. It got an R rating because two people smoke a joint and are NOT punished. Seriously--that's it! That's no reason! In "9 to 5" made back in 1980 the three main characters share a joint, they're not punished and it got a PG!!!! There are some VERY brief flashes of back male nudity but no more than u can see on TV. So--ignore the R rating.