{"id":1076,"date":"2013-10-30T18:20:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T01:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qgp.ykq.mybluehost.me\/cinephiled\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2013-10-31T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T22:36:40","slug":"last-vegas-jokes-elderly-aches-pains-complaints-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinephiled.com\/last-vegas-jokes-elderly-aches-pains-complaints-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Last Vegas,’ or: ‘Jokes about Elderly Aches, Pains and Complaints \u2014 The Movie’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Vegas<\/em>\u00a0isn\u2019t nearly as alcohol besotted as it needs to be in order to be The Hangover<\/em>. Nor, for that matter, is it grumpy enough to be Grumpy Old Men<\/em>. And while we\u2019re at it, it\u2019s not nearly wild enough to be Wild Hogs<\/em>, either.<\/p>\n

All three of those hit comedies (from 2009, 1993 and 2007, respectively, in case anyone has forgotten) were clearly reference materials for the makers of this aging buddy\/road comedy, which could have been and probably should have been more accurately titled Jokes about Elderly Aches, Pains and Complaints: The Movie<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And yes, that means we get more than 100 minutes\u2019 worth of gags and bits about elderly sexual and other dysfunctional things we\u2019d rather not know. Yet it\u2019s not lowbrow enough to be completely tasteless and\/or outrageous. It\u2019s a bit twee and cutesy in places \u2013 almost as if the filmmakers were afraid to offend the geriatric target demographic. So they may wind up being bored instead.<\/p>\n

To be fair, Last Vegas<\/em>\u00a0is at least better than one of the aforementioned movies (the one with comedy killers Tim Allen and John Travolta). It certainly isn\u2019t unlikeable and it does have its share of watchable moments. The formerly A-list cast alone makes sure of that. But considering the careers and pedigrees of the main stars, you can\u2019t help wishing that it were a better and funnier film.<\/p>\n

Michael Douglas stars as Billy, a wealthy sixty-something bachelor who\u2019s finally decided to settle down. He\u2019s proposed to his much-younger girlfriend (Bre Blair), and is planning to get hitched in a hurry in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Seizing the opportunity to escape from their humdrum lives, Billy\u2019s childhood pals Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline) decide to throw him The Bachelor Party to End All Bachelor Parties in Sin City. However, there\u2019s at least one fly in the ointment: Another buddy, widower Paddy (De Niro), is refusing to go. Apparently he\u2019s still bearing a grudge against Billy for some perceived transgression.<\/p>\n

From there, things go almost exactly as you expect them to. A few tears are shed, grudges are forgotten, some inhibitions are shed, new loves are found (Mary Steenburgen shows up as a lounge singer who comes between two of the friends) and precious little is broken. And no, not even hips, in case you\u2019re wondering.<\/p>\n

Of course, that is what you come to expect with a screenwriter (Dan Fogelman; Cars<\/em>,\u00a0The Guilt Trip<\/em>) and director (Jon Turteltaub; Disney\u2019s The Kid<\/em>, National Treasure<\/em>) who are semi-competent at times and rarely, if ever, have any surprises up their respective sleeves.<\/p>\n

Instead, they leave the heavy lifting up to their actors. Of the bunch, it\u2019s Freeman who appears to be having the most fun with this nonsense. And surprisingly, it\u2019s Kevin Kline \u2013 at 66, the Spring Chicken of this bunch \u2013 who is the butt of most of the lower-grade jokes. (His character\u2019s wife, played by Joanna Gleason, has given him a \u201chall pass\u201d for the trip.)<\/p>\n

Truth be told, we\u2019d much rather be watching those two underdeveloped characters than the self-obsessed jerks played by Douglas and De Niro. In particular, the latter seems uninspired and lethargic. But, given how he trudged merrily along through three increasingly awful \u201cFockers\u201d movies, you\u2019d expect him to show a little more professionalism than this.<\/p>\n

Jeff Michael Vice can also be heard reviewing films, television programs, comics, books, music and other things as part of The Geek Show Podcast (www.thegeekshowpodcast.com), and can be seen reviewing films as part of Xfinity\u2019s Big Movie Mouth-Off (www.facebook.com\/BigMovieMouthOff).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Vegas\u00a0isn\u2019t nearly as alcohol besotted as it needs to be in order to be The Hangover. Nor, for that matter, is it grumpy enough to be Grumpy Old Men. And while we\u2019re at it, it\u2019s not nearly wild enough to be Wild Hogs, either. All three of those hit comedies (from 2009, 1993 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2,276,281,279,275,274,278,271,273,270,277,272,280],"yoast_head":"\n'Last Vegas,' or: 'Jokes about Elderly Aches, Pains and Complaints \u2014 The Movie' - Cinephiled<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last Vegas Movie Review: Last Vegas isn\u2019t nearly as alcohol besotted as it needs to be in order to be The Hangover. Nor, for that matter, is it grumpy enough to be Grumpy Old Men. 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