Boynton Beach Club | 
| Director: Susan Seidelman
Actors: Dyan Cannon, Joseph Bologna, Brenda Vaccaro, Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 13491
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD17431D
UPC: 043396174313
EAN: 0043396174313
ASIN: B000KX0IO0
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: February 6, 2007
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Product Description
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/22/2008 Run time: 105 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com
Early in the charming romantic comedy Boynton Beach Club, one randy 70-something guy makes a heartfelt toast to "sex after 60"--in all of its untidy, slightly saggy, unpredictable glory. And so is this film, by Susan Seidelman, as much a toast to love among the retiree set as her Desperately Seeking Susan was a valentine to Madonna and the early '80s hipster scene. The all-star cast, including Joe Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Sally Kellerman, Brenda Vaccaro, and Michael Nouri, explore the nuances of grief, loss, heartbreak, and horniness in a retirement community in Boynton Beach, Fla. The usual jokes about senior communities--the outnumbering of men by women, the orchestrated community-center social lives, the bad driving--are here, but with a twist. Seidelman is just as interested in showing that some things, like schoolgirl crushes, one-night-stand cads, and finding love when you think you're not even looking, are as universal whether you're 17 or 70. While some of the cast seem almost distracting at the beginning of the film, because of apparently drastic plastic surgery (Cannon and Kellerman, especially), by the film's end they blend in with the rest of the cast, just as facelifts coexist with sagging jawlines in real Florida towns. Boynton Beach Club has a big heart, and the heart, thankfully, never shows its age. --A.T. Hurley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Everyone over 55 a must! December 27, 2008
Lynne Mowery (Florida)
This is a great picture for the 55 plus--you can really relate to it. Very entertaining and so true if you've lots someone you love. Don't miss this one.
 Senior Citizens Get Their Due in a Serviceable Romcom October 1, 2008
Ed Uyeshima (San Francisco, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Give director/co-screenwriter Susan Seidelman (Gaudi Afternoon) credit for focusing on a segment sadly neglected in current cinema, single sixty-somethings facing lives without their lifetime partners. There is a gentle, loping quality to this seriocomic 2006 character-driven comedy, but it also doesn't feel quite substantial enough to provide genuine insight into their difficult situations. The various storylines rarely feel more complex than an episode of The Golden Girls, but the principal actors - some rarely seen outside of guest appearances on reruns of Murder, She Wrote - compensate to a great degree.
There are three plot threads that intertwine over the course of the movie. Long-married Marilyn faces an unexpected tragedy when her exercise-obsessed husband is killed by a thoughtless woman backing her car out of a driveway. She decides to join the Boynton Beach Bereavement Club (the movie's original title) upon the prodding of Lois, a still-sexy, flirtatious interior decorator who is the unofficial social leader of the club. As Marilyn faces her anger and loneliness, Lois finds herself drawn to Donald, a younger man whom she believes is a real estate tycoon. Also in the club is Harry, who fancies himself a ladies' man and wants to help Jack, newly widowed and prime bait for the widows in the retirement community. Jack isn't ready to date until he meets Sandy, a very interested woman who isn't quite what she claims. Harry, on the other hand, tries online dating, but he finds trouble with the woman who seems like the ideal match for him.
It's nice to see actors who gained prominence in the late 1960's and early 1970's receive substantive roles in their autumnal years. Brenda Vaccaro (Midnight Cowboy) as Marilyn and Len Cariou (The Four Seasons) as Jack deliver the strongest performances because their characters undergo the grief and recovery of losing a loved one. Vaccaro has two particularly compelling scenes - the first where Marilyn introduces herself to the club and cannot conceal the rage over her husband's death, the second when Marilyn finally faces the woman who ran her husband over. Dyan Cannon (Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice) as Lois and Joseph Bologna as Harry (My Favorite Year) primarily provide comic relief. Both are as likeable as ever, though it's rather disheartening to see Cannon so surgically altered. The same is true of Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) who has to play the concealed Sandy close to the vest. As Donald, Michael Nouri (Flashdance) plays a character with secrets of his own as he pursues Lois. Seidelman's thoughtful commentary is the only extra on the 2007 DVD.
 Overrated July 29, 2008
Carol A. Prier
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Instead of renting/watching this movie, watch Caddy Shack for the 20th time. Boyton Beach Club was, for the most part, boring. Big disappointment, or as they say in the ACC....OVER RATED !!!!!
Boynton Beach Fun... April 20, 2008
N. Crowhurst (Roseburg, OR USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I throughly enjoyed every minute of the movie. The stars just kept on coming. A little sad but big smiles as well. Great little movie.
Dating over 50 March 27, 2008
S. Stanley (Bay Area, CA.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this movie! For anyone who is over 45 and out there dating again, you'll find something to chuckle over. The actors will remind you of yourself or someone you know. Who said being over 50 wasn't sexy? I've purchased several copies and sent them to friends. It is for the young at heart, if not young in age.
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