George and Conrad Hartman visit Middleton College for a tour and to find out information about the college. Also, on the tour and visit are Edith and Audrey Martin. George and Edith decide to go off on a tour of their own while their college bound son and daughter take the guided tour. Both George and Edith have a GREAT time while they are together. They are surprised at how well they get along and how much they have in common because of their children. Conrad and Audrey cannot understand why their parents are not taking the tour with them?
This film is targeted at adults because its themes involve the challenges of long-term marriages and the feelings associated with sending teens off to college. The one point I need to make about this film is that this comes across as more of a fantasy and not something that would really happen in life? Plus, it doesn’t seem like the personalities of George and Edith would mesh? George is very serious but Edith is over-the-top silly?? There are not very many scenes without Edith laughing her head off or acting crazy?? 2 1/2* (This movie is just so-so)
99 min, Comedy directed by Adam Rodgers with Andy Garcia, Vera Farmiga, Taissa Farmiga, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Nicholas Braun, Tom Skerritt, Peter Riegert, Mirjana Jokovic, Stephen Borrello IV, Daniella Garcia, Saxton Johnson, Sean Cook Loretta Underwood, Kenny Parks Jr., Briana Henry.
Note: Imdb 6.5 out of 10, Roger Ebert 2* out of 5* Susan Wloszczyna, Rotten Tomatoes 59% critic 45% audience, Common Sense Media 2* out of 5* S. Jhoanna Robledo, age 16+, 2* out of 5*, 1* positive, 1* violence, 2* sex, 3* language, 1* consumerism, 4* drinking, drugs & smoking, Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 324 reviews, Letterboxd 3.1* out of 5*.
Special Note: Middleton College is a fictitious name. Vera and Taissa play mother and daughter but actually they are sisters. Daniella Garcia-Lorido is Andy Garcia’s daughter.
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