Saturday, March 17, 2018

THE LEISURE SEEKER


Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are Ella and John Spencer, a couple determined  to live out their last days as they see fit.  And why not in the old RV known as the leisure seeker?   On a trip from Boston to the Hemingway house in Key west, these two play their parts with relish, but unfortunately this meal requires more than that.  These are two adults playing adults but saddled with a rather childish script.  It has it's moments but you get a lot of  predictability i.e."been there, done that" along the way.  That being said, it is a joy to watch two pros who happen to have great chemistry with each other try to add the needed humor to this rather stilted script.   And they succeed in a great many scenes.   But alas, the ending is rather off-putting and slightly unbelievable.   There were too many other options.  But hey, it could have been worse in less capable hands. Cheer to the Mirren/Sutherland team!

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