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With the
title being the same as Marilyn Monroe’s unfinished movie, I was hoping this one was an
attempt to finish it. It wasn’t; however, I wasn’t disappointed, either.
Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson), is a sixty-three-year-old record producer
known for dating women under thirty. Marin (Amanda Peet) is his latest fling. Their
intimate weekend at the cottage is interrupted by Marin’s mother and aunt (Diane Keaton
and Frances McDormand). Marin’s mother, Erica Barry, is an attractive woman whose list
of accomplishments include being a successful playwright and learning French–but that
wouldn’t attract Harry because she’s over thirty.
After having a heart
attack, Harry is forced to stay at the cottage to recuperate, and Erica is left to look
after him while she attempts to finish her latest play. Suddenly, the tables are turned
on the younger woman / older man stereotype when the good-looking young Doctor Julian
Mercer (Keanu Reeves) falls for Erica.
This movie puts you on an
emotional roller coaster. You’ll laugh at the idea of taking a person’s blood pressure
before having sex, cry at the thought of someone losing the love of their life, and laugh
again at the “Dancing Henrys.” (I won’t give it away. You’ll have to watch the movie to
find out.) Throw in a romantic dinner in a Paris café, and you’ve got the latest movie
on my favourites list.
