Comments on: THE BOYNTON BEACH CLUB d: Susan Seidelman http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-boynton-beach-club-seidelman-cannon/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Boynton Beachhttp://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-boynton-beach-club-seidelman-cannon/#comment-486619 Boynton Beach Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:30:10 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/08/07/capsule-review-the-boynton-beach-club/#comment-486619 This movie is just awesome. This movie is just awesome.

]]> By: Joan Pricehttp://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-boynton-beach-club-seidelman-cannon/#comment-77081 Joan Price Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:06:01 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/08/07/capsule-review-the-boynton-beach-club/#comment-77081 Yes, the script is formulaic, but the fact that Boynton Beach Club is a movie featuring -- finally! -- realistic 60+ people experiencing truthful emotions of living in our later decades is new to Hollywood. We see them grieving, wanting love and touching, distressed about how their older bodies look and act (or don't act), wanting and fearing to start a relationship after a devastating loss, and finally hurtling towards sex and love with a new person -- or being content alone for now. I'll remember the moments of emotional authenticity over the tired, cheap jokes ("Whatever you wear, evey man in the place will be drooling." "Big deal. Most of them are already drooling."). We all want to love and be loved, touch and be touched, and we all crave (and sometimes fear) the act of giving ourselves -- mind, spirit, and body -- to another person. This movie made me happy to see our human emotions portrayed honestly -- those human emotions that don't change just because we've got wrinkles in front of us and decades behind us. Ive published a longer review on my blog at http://betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com/2006/09/boynton-beach-club-film-review.html --Joan Price author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006, http://www.joanprice.com/BetterThanExpected.htm) Join us -- we're talking about ageless sexuality at http://www.betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com Yes, the script is formulaic, but the fact that Boynton Beach Club is a movie featuring — finally! — realistic 60+ people experiencing truthful emotions of living in our later decades is new to Hollywood. We see them grieving, wanting love and touching, distressed about how their older bodies look and act (or don't act), wanting and fearing to start a relationship after a devastating loss, and finally hurtling towards sex and love with a new person — or being content alone for now.

I'll remember the moments of emotional authenticity over the tired, cheap jokes ("Whatever you wear, evey man in the place will be drooling." "Big deal. Most of them are already drooling."). We all want to love and be loved, touch and be touched, and we all crave (and sometimes fear) the act of giving ourselves — mind, spirit, and body — to another person. This movie made me happy to see our human emotions portrayed honestly — those human emotions that don't change just because we've got wrinkles in front of us and decades behind us.

Ive published a longer review on my blog at http://betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com/2006/09/boynton-beach-club-film-review.html

–Joan Price
author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006, http://www.joanprice.com/BetterThanExpected.htm)

Join us — we're talking about ageless sexuality at http://www.betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com

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