For Old Times Sake
Film: Last Vegas
Cast: Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin
Kline
Directed by: Jon Turtletaub
Duration: 1 hr 45 mins
Rating: * * 1 / 2
Last Vegas is a film that sails through only and only
because it has a set of actors whom we’ve loved watching over the years.
Replace them with a younger cast and there will be nothing to write home about
as far as this film is concerned because the story is no great shakes.
A bunch of guys, four to be precise have grown up being best
friends. Now in their 60’s, they all have their own problems to deal with. Archie
(Morgan Freeman) who has a few health issues lives with his over caring and
married son. Paddy (De Niro) has become a lonesome man after the death of his wife and
there were some issues between him and their other friend Billy (Michael
Douglas), a successful man who is all set to marry a woman who is in her early
30’s. That leaves Sam (Kevin Kline) who has knee problems not to mention his
titanium hip but also has a carte blanche from his to do anything in Vegas.
All four of them head to Vegas for Billy’s bachelor party
and while they are looking for a good time, the ‘what happens in Vegas stays in
Vegas’ type, couple of them fall for a charming singer Diana (Mary Steenburgen)
bringing back memories of the past.
While there are some funny lines on the whole the script
never rises above the ordinary. But what keeps the film going is the charm and
the chemistry of the four actors. Even when there is the odd dull moment they
manage to steer the boat clear.
There is no clear standout performance as far as these four
actors of considerable repute are concerned; they all have their moments in the
film. They make this otherwise average film watchable.
Published in the Navhind Times on 15th Dec 2013
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