Movie Review: Poms – NZ Herald

Diane Keaton (Book Club, 5 flights high) embarks on a comfortable retirement program by apparently accepting all the "dependent on the elderly" coins proposed.

Poms is a comedy from Retirement Village that pits a group of older people against the sport of a young cheerleader. Think of the Full Monty or the most recent swimming with men for the elderly. However, before dismissing this dreary sentimental bleak idea with cheap incontinence gags, you may want to drop your knitting and raise your bifocals – Poms is better than that.

Of course, Poms relies on a good dose of cheap humor and sentimental grunts; it does not retain body humor and does not avoid feasting in its many silly situations. But it's far from the crème de la crème cream that the trailer could have you believe. It's sometimes disarmingly delicious.

The film is essentially a buddy film, centered on Martha (Keaton), who is terminally ill and wants to live her last years in the tranquility of Sun Springs Retirement Village. However, her serenity is rocked by the effervescent Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), whose overflowing energy triggers an awakening at Martha's. And so, against all odds, the cheerleading squad of the Sun Springs Retirement Community was born.

Writer / filmmaker Zara Hayes, from her documentary roots, played the game cautiously, adopting a very methodical approach to this story of triumph over adversity. His efforts to bring together a group of musicians and navigate them through a minefield of trivial comedies and saccharine vibrations yield mixed results. But Celia Weston, the village's dominant president, and Charlie Tahan, the endearing teenager who lives with his grandmother, have a good rating.

I repeat: there are many silly moments that some will find boring and it will certainly not make you lose the dust of the old cheerleading kit. But overall, there's no denying that Poms has a quality that affirms life and an emotionally charged finale that will make you leave the theater in style.

Jeter:

Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver and Rhea Pearlman

Director:

Zara Hayes

Time of execution:

90 minutes

Evaluation:

PG Coarse language and sexual references

Verdict:

Without shame, dances a sure routine but manages to nail the disassembly.