Review of Last Vegas (2013) by Hector C — 01 Feb 2014

The Geriatric Hangover. So when a man (Michael Douglas) decides to marry a woman half his age, he rounds up his old friends for a bachelor party in Vegas. This ends up being less similar to The Hangover and more similar to The Hangover Part II, where all the jokes are stale and played out.

Everything about this is marketed for the 60 and up crowd, and I can't stress enough how every single joke reflects that. It's a borderline oldsploitation movie, as it gets these guys into mischief and then you immediately get to see them complain about taking their pills or having a bad knee.

And when I say get into "mischief", I am putting that lightly; because this is marketed towards that older market, it plays it very safe, keeps things light, and it never at any point gets the least bit crazy.

This isn't the worst comedy in the world, and I would say maybe 10% of the jokes got a slight chuckle out of me. Out of all the cast here, Morgan Freeman has the best comedic timing, and Kevin Kline has the line of the movie, but regardless: unless you are a die hard fan of these actors, you should probably stay away, and even if you are, you're probably better off skipping this one.