About Fifty

Comedy with a good dose of reality
It's so true. You hit a certain age and 1) Your checking an box on surveys that makes you cringe, 2) you become your parent's parent, 3) you now remind the people you want to date of their parents (ouch), 4) you know that based on your portfolio you'll have to work until your dead - but at what?

ABOUT FIFTY is an honest and smile-inducing look at this unique "bend in the road." Simple, clear and funny where it should be. Wonderful story telling, great use of location and a fabulous cast.

This is not a "hilarious" comedy
This movie was okay, well acted, good filming. It's essentially another version of 'Sideways' (which was much funnier and much better). 2 50-something guys having a mid-life crises, so they get in their Porsche and drive to Palm Springs to play golf and get laid. Of course, 1 of them is an emotional, mental wreck (from a separation) and the other is a sex-pig. You can fill in the blanks from here. I did not find this movie "a laugh out loud" affair. In fact, it was a bit dark and very sad in some ways. Perhaps it is because I am a 49 year old male who is probably entering my first, real mid-life crisis (though I have no idea what it is about yet).
I wouldn't say "Don't watch this"... but I definitely wouldn't recommend it if you are looking for a fun night of "laughing out loud".

Wonderful
I watched "About Fifty" last night with my daughters and a few of their friends. It was getting late and we kept saying we would put in on pause and continue watching the following day...... but we just couldn't. It was wonderful and appealed to all of us regardless of our age difference. I found myself thinking about it during work the next day and the girls told me they did, as well.
It was so "comfortable"... I just don't know how else to describe how it made me feel....... and, yes... it most definitely made me feel. I hope more people experience this little slice of life you shared with us.

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