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Not sure why the low scores because this is a delightful and funny
movie. Maybe it is because it is a cast mostly of middle-aged and
elderly. Or maybe it is because western social attitudes about older
people not being as interesting as those under 30. Or people are made
uncomfortable by the thought of old people "doing it". "Old" people
aren't supposed to be silly, irreverent, sex obsessed or pranksters?
Well, from the elderly I know in real life, they definitely can be.
It's really only illness and infirmity that puts a stop to it, if you
were silly, irreverent, sex obsessed or a prankster when you were
younger. Perhaps not even then. (I visit and occasionally have lunch
out with a lady in her 70's who likes to scope out and then point out
good looking young men to me. Not because she is trying to fix me up,
but according to her, because she likes looking at good looking men!)
I don't think this would have been funny if this was about teenagers or
twenty-somethings because it has been done to death. Using the older
generation gives a tired old genre, a fresh new twist. It is filmed as
if it were a documentary, and the unseen camera holder is mentioned a
couple of times. But, unlike another review, I did not care for the
beginning and almost stopped watching because of that Tyler Perry
"filming a play for a movie" feel. Luckily, that changed after just a
couple of minutes.
There are also some nice cameos, including a hilarious Christopher
Walken impression by Kevin Pollak. While it isn't an Oscar contender,
it is definitely an entertaining film worth the watch.
And I want that red "bikini".
The film begins interestingly - as a documentary. But after 10 minutes the disaster begins.The Worst! Flee from this film. The jokes and the story are terrible. Very bad acting. And using poor cameos of Tim Allen, Kevin Pollak, Sam Raimi, Randy Couture among others. A total waste of time and money. Run away from this movie. Someone should go to jail for making a movie this bad. "3 Geezers" is painful: Simmons tags along doing his best Tim Allen impersonation, which is topped when Tim Allen himself shows up solely so the senior citizens can defecate in his bushes. It's not clear whether "3 Geezers!" is trying to celebrate people of advanced age or mock them, but it doesn't really matter. Either way, this is one terrible movie.
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