Wild Oats (2016)

Everything changes for Eva when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50 thousand. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.

Director:

Andy Tennant

Writers:

Claudia Myers (screenplay by), Gary Kanew (screenplay by)

Stars:

Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Demi Moore

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shirley MacLaine	...	Eva
Jessica Lange	...	Maddie
Demi Moore	...	Crystal
Ptolemy Slocum	...	Luke
Colin Walker	...	Ben
Robert Collier	...	Minister
Geraldine Singer	...	Mourner #2
Susan Parker	...	Mourner #3
Vincent De Paul	...	Mourner #6
Rachel Deacon	...	Monique
Lynne Ashe	...	Laurie
Ben Temple	...	Dr. Ferguson
Marnee Carpenter	...	Waitress
Morgan Deare	...	Greg (as Morgan Kelley Deare)
Chad Gall	...	Eric

Storyline

A retired widow who hits the jackpot when she receives a life insurance check mistakenly made out for $5,000,000 instead of $50.000. She and her best friend then take off, only to become media sensations and fugitives from justice.

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Plot Keywords:

life insurance | retired teacher | spain | widow | wine | 

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Taglines:

Newly rich. Newly single. Forever young.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English Spanish German

Release Date:

16 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Como reinas

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,554, 16 September 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$40,598, 22 September 2016

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$242,312, 16 December 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wild Pictures, Defiant Pictures, Alliance Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital of Gran Canaria, where the movie takes place, was ranked as the city with the best climate in the world in a 1996 scientific study called "Pleasant Weather Ratings" by Thomas Whitmore, director of research on climatology at Syracuse University, New York.

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Quotes

Eva: [Looking at her bank balance on her laptop] If the insurance people call I can say "Why? Look, it's right there. I have nothing to hide." In the meantime we can sit around and enjoy watching the money. I *could* pay off Frank's hospital bills, and... er... the dishwasher is broken.
Maddie: Yeah, with five million bucks you can even replace your shower curtain.

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Connections

References The Graduate (1967)

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Soundtracks

Rumours
Performed by Candy
Written, Arranged, and Produced by Deni Lew and Matt Thomson
Published by Songs in Lew
Copyright Control 2015

User Reviews

Maclaine and Lange shine in what should have been a TV movie

I'm giving this a 7 because of the acting and the feel-good story. We need that nowadays, and I won't diminish it.

"Wild Oats" stars Shirley Maclaine as a widow, Eve, who receives a $5 million check from her husband's insurance when it was supposed to be $50,000 - and she knows it. After attempting to reach the insurance company and getting the runaround from their automated voice system, Maclaine and her best friend Maddie (Jessica Lange) decide to spend it.

They take off for a resort in Spain; meanwhile, the insurance company is onto them and has sent an elderly insurance man (Howard Hesseman) after Eve.

Maddie and Eve, meanwhile, are having the time of their lives, Eve with a charming old man, Chandler (Billy Connelly) and Maddie with a hot young stud (Jay Hayden).

This is somewhat predictable but the cast, which includes Demi Moore as Eve's daughter, makes it watchable.

It's a slight story and it didn't belong in a theater (though Sony disagrees - apparently it debuted on Lifetime before hitting the theaters) but I won't trash anything that makes me smile like this one did.