Last Vegas - Review
Last Vegas ticks the boxes as a light-hearted, entertaining comedy, as long as you’re in the market for a multitude of clunky jokes about getting old. The film has been marketed as ‘the Hangover for oldies’, which initially concerned me, given my open contempt for the inane Hangover series, but this film has a lot more going for it. Just as I noted with last year’s One Chance,this film will play gangbusters to an older audience, so it’s not a bad one to recommend to your parents.
In a classic case of art imitating life, career bachelor Billy (Michael Douglas) has decided to settle down and marry, the only snag being that his bride-to-be is half his age. In an attempt to prove that he can still party like it’s 1972, he rounds up his childhood gang, comprising Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline), for a bucks’ weekend in Las Vegas. Everything isn’t as rosy as Billy had wanted, as old rivalries are awoken when sultry lounge singer Diana (Mary Steenburgen) saunters into the action, prompting Billy to look deep into his past in order to work out his future.


There are enough chuckles to warrant a viewing but I wouldn’t race out to catch it in the cinema. There are far better films in cinemas at the moment and this one will play just fine at home.
- Stu
I agree. This worked primarily because of the cast. A group of lesser-knows and I doubt I'd have made it through it. Did you know this was supposed to have Jack Nicholson. How do you think that would have worked?
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to know but personally I think that his persona may be a little too out there for this cast. Maybe for the sequel :)
DeleteDepends which role he was set to play, i'd happily watch De Niro and Nicholson hang out together, can you imagine the stories those cats could share?
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