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In this social media age, where we’re constantly bombarded by carefully filtered images that show us how to live and how to look, true individuals seem rare. And in the comedy Mack & Rita, it takes transforming into a spunky old lady for a young woman to embrace her true self.
Mack & Rita follows the adventures of 30-year-old Mack (Elizabeth Lail), a writer who’s always felt like she was from another time. While she’s in Palm Springs for her best friend’s bachelorette weekend, she visits a Past Life Regression expert named Luka (Simon Rex), whose magical regression bed somehow transforms her into a 70-year-old woman (Diane Keaton). After Luka goes missing, older-Mack returns home, posing as Mack’s quirky Aunt Rita, to try to figure out how to live out her new life as a much-older version of herself.
While Mack is trying to figure out how to get back to her 30-year-old self, though, she begins to realize that she’s more comfortable being Rita. Mack was uncomfortable in her own skin. She hated the pressures and styles and trends involved in being young, and as Rita, she’s free to be herself. Rita is outspoken with an eccentric style all her own—and if she wants to spend her days sitting and drinking wine with other women her age, no one will question her. And as she gets more comfortable in this new, older skin, people take notice—from her cute neighbor, Jack (Dustin Milligan), to the companies that want to sponsor her as an influencer of a certain age. Really, it’s no wonder that Mack starts to lose interest in finding Luka and getting her younger self back.
Of course, this movie really is all about Diane Keaton. It’s all about her style, her personality, her sense of humor, and her infectious laughter. Admittedly, she does have a tendency to be a little over-the-top—and this film is no exception. But, here, it just fits. If you love Diane Keaton, you’ll love her here. And even if you merely tolerate her occasionally wacky performances, you might find her surprisingly charming as Rita. And, either way, she might just teach you about embracing your own style and your own quirks.
As far as changing-body comedies go, Mack & Rita isn’t necessarily new or surprising. But it is lovable in its own eccentric way. And you might just learn from its lesson about being authentically, unapologetically you.
You can find Mack & Rita in theaters starting on August 12, 2022.
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