Before you ask the inevitable question, my wife made me watch this movie! I didn’t have any interest in a movie that features two old fossils that I had never heard of before or since (I have seen this movie in the early 90’s but for the life of me I couldn’t remember any of it). Still, since I did sit through the entire thing, might as well share my thoughts on it.

To start, this is going to sound very bad, but I have a hard time accepting a 50+ year old love interest. I have to admit, Ann Margaret did look stunning for her age, but every time the two old farts went crazy for her I was reminded that this movie was intended for an older audience. This isn’t a bad thing, even old people should have movies, but does my wife have to make me watch them? There are TONS of movies out there made for teenagers that I dutifully skip (and, come to think of it, skipped even when I was a teenager).

I have to admit, both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau did a great job acting. So much so that I was convinced throughout the movie that I was in fact watching two old grumpy men that can’t stand each other! The chemistry between the actors was palpable (and left me with an over-whelming sweet-decaying taste in my mouth).

The plot was very typical and predictable, but that can be forgiven for a movie of this caliber. The music score was well chosen with many great classics making a mark (Right Said Fred’s ‘I’m Too Sexy’ leading the way). The bloopers after the credits weren’t funny at all except for the comments by Grandpa Gustafson (Burgess Meredith)

Grumpiness aside (pun regrettably intended), the movie did have some high notes and a few laughs. It was definitely not all bad, it’s just that I would have rather watched a whole slew of other movie. Or better yet, played some more Call of Duty 4!