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By Toby Woollaston (47) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 Aug 2018

It does settle down and delivers a couple of mildly amusing gags, but for the most part Book Club makes it almost impossible to suppress your…

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By Tom Santilli (137) for AXS.com (137) on 13 Aug 2018

While many of the laughs feels stale, corny or simply fall flat, by the end of this film you realize that this is a harmless comedy…

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By Adam Fresco (54) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 12 Aug 2018

Were it not for a stellar cast, it could well be mistaken for a big-screen version of a cosy TV sit-com aimed at an older demographic…

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By Graeme Tuckett (166) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 12 Aug 2018

But once in a while I think it's only proper to admit defeat. And this time I know I'm beaten…

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By Sebastian Zavala Kahn (303) for Me gusta el cine (52) on 19 Jul 2018

It's one of those rare cases in which the viewer ends up having almost as much fun as the actors did during shooting. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Leah Sydney (37) for Showbiz 411 (37) on 21 Jun 2018

Book Club is over the top appealing, and completely charming with four powerhouse actresses that just get everything right…

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By Gary M. Kramer (92) for Cinedelphia (10) on 21 Jun 2018

It may be damning with faint praise to say that the mild not wild Book Club is only briefly cringe-inducing, but given the cast and comic potential,…

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By Pablo A. Scholz (320) for Clarín (492) on 20 Jun 2018

The problem with [Book Club]... is that it is devoid of surprise, the protagonists could be anyone, and it has two good jokes…

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By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 20 Jun 2018

While the movie is a romantic fantasy on one level, it makes an honest attempt to deal with the problems that older women face, both physical…

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By Néstor Burtone (37) for Otroscines.com (322) on 20 Jun 2018

Between talks in large, bright spaces and dinners in luxury restaurants, Book Club offers some inspired moments of humor... [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Ang Tian Tian (3) for The New Paper (Singapore) (342) on 19 Jun 2018

Insta-love? Check. Contrived sitcom-ish plot points? Check. Irrational decisions that do nothing but push the already flimsy plot forward? Check…

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By Sarah Knight Adamson (31) for Sarah's Backstage Pass (24) on 13 Jun 2018

Could be titled: Sisterhood of the Traveling Wine Bottle…

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By Jon Espino (144) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 13 Jun 2018

Although Book Club is not terrible, it spends much of the time coasting right above tolerable…

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By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 12 Jun 2018

The whole thing practically invites tired canned laughter…

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By Carlos Díaz Reyes (181) for Vanguardia (Mexico) (181) on 11 Jun 2018

Book Club is the kind of story that strives to give viewers a good time and that's exactly what it does. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 09 Jun 2018

a film that will resonate with older viewers who complain no one's making movies for them…

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By Nick Hilton (15) for CineVue (2,163) on 07 Jun 2018

Book Club is the best possible film that could have been made…

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By Nathan Osborne (34) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 05 Jun 2018

There are notably few surprises and it employs conventions like they're going out of fashion, but it will do what it set out to do for its…

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By Aine O'connor (240) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 03 Jun 2018

It is occasionally saucy but it's not smutty-and whilst it won't change your life, it is fun…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 03 Jun 2018

What Holderman delivers here is a highly episodic screenplay that shifts the narrative focus from one character to another to another while…

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