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Post #1508006

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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Date created
16-Oct-2022, 10:23 AM

I’ll See You In My Dreams - 2015 - 7/10

Unexpected romance at the retirement home.
Woman visiting her girlfriends is persuaded to participate in the next speed-date mingler.
Males are over-earnest, sad-sacks, overdosed on erectile meds, or simply lonely.
Female friends urge her to move into the senior center, share the good times!
The woman (Blythe Danner) has her own home, dog, pool guy, daughter who visits occasionally, and freedom.
Then the handsome stranger from Texas arrives. Sam Elliott.
Narrative is absorbing because the plot veers in unexpected directions frequently.
Just when you conclude, “This is going to --” the story hard turns.
Same thing with characters. Just when you feel reassured - or worried - Fate skips across the surface.
These are people with miles of time behind them, precious little road ahead.
You hope for the best, but -