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Title: Just Getting Started (2017)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Duke | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Leo | |
| Rene Russo | ... | Suzie | |
| Joe Pantoliano | ... | Joe | |
| Glenne Headly | ... | Marguerite | |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph | ... | Roberta | |
| Elizabeth Ashley | ... | Lily | |
| George Wallace | ... | Larry | |
| Graham Beckel | ... | Burt | |
| Mel Raido | ... | Oscar | |
| Jane Seymour | ... | Delilah | |
| Johnny Mathis | ... | Johnny Mathis | |
| Nick Peine | ... | Jimmy | |
| Kristen DeVore Rakes | ... | Ginger (as Kristen Rakes) | |
| Eli Goodman | ... | Corporate Santa | |
Defense lawyer Duke, who once defended the heads of the world's most dangerous criminal teams, now manages the luxury resort Villa Capri in Palm Springs, California. Leo, a former FBI agent, arrives at the resort and repeatedly beats Duke at every competition. As manager of the resort, Duke is initially threatened by the newcomer's activities with the ladies and competitive nature. Their competition even extends to a rivalry over Suzie, the regional director of the resort chain. During the competitions Duke's life is put in danger multiple times and he realizes that the mafia has found him and is attempting to kill him. Duke and Leo must work together to defeat the mafia and save Duke's life during the Christmas season at Villa Capri..
I could not believe the shockingly low score for this film with such an all star cast. Once I saw it, I realized it was in fact deserving of the 3.8 IMDb rating, and only so high, from the sympathetic votes for these A-listers when they realized what they had signed up for.
So here's what I think happened. Ron Shelton's 5th grade grandson wrote and directed this nonsense but was too young to be named in the credits, so grandpa steps in and enters his name.
Next, Waze (the phone GPS app that was product-mentioned) funded this 5th graders film, and paid these A-list actors their wages so people will go see this mess, then leave the theater and download their app.
What else can it be? These huge actors did their worst... they hardly made an effort. The entire set was probably the after-party set up for when filming wrapped, just for the A-listers to have incentive to do some type of performance.
The directing and editing was, well, that of a 5th grader.
What a waste of talent on such a garbage screenplay.
A sympathetic 3/10 from me, only for the all star cast that got duped into making this nonsense.