Given the notorious ageism of the genre, it’s refreshing to see a new wave of romantic comedies with older leads. But after last year’s And So It Goes, a failed attempt with Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton, it’s dispiriting to find another well-cast yet criminally dull offering. Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer star as new neighbours who fall for each other with unconvincing ease amid groan-worthy prostate jokes. The bland title does make for a useful reminder of their names. But with characterisation this shallow, they might as well be called Old Grouchy Man and Old Free-spirit Woman. The film is so lightweight, it almost doesn’t exist.
