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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled
A romantic comedy about our amazing capacity to rebound and fall in love at any age. Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find emotional support after the loss of a loved one. For anyone who thinks that new love and romance ends long before retirement, they're in for a reality check. No one sees themselves as becoming old, and the residents of Boynton Beach aren't about to start. But sometimes we all need a little reminder that life is worth living and sharing.
"The movie is funny without disrespecting its characters." Bill White, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"A lively and poignant comedy with lots of laughs..." Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"...plenty of reasons to like the movie...gentle wit...brilliant cast..." Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Editor's Note
An elderly couple finds love in an unexpected place in THE BOYNTON BEACH CLUB. That place is a club in Florida, which has been set up for people trying to cope with the loss of a loved one.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 4/22/2008 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 17431 | | UPC: 00043396174313 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Dyan Cannon | | Joseph Bologna | | Len Cariou | | Sally Kellerman | | Blair Treisman Rosenfeld - Executive Producer | | Daniel L. Blanc - Producer | | David Cramer - Story By | | Eric Moynier - Cinematographer | | Florence Seidelman - Story By | | Keiko Deguchi - Editor | | Lissette Schettini - Art Director | | Marcelo Zarvos - Original Music By | | Shelly Gitlow - Screenplay | | Susan Seidelman - Screenplay | | Susan Seidelman - Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"[A] rose-colored fantasy of aging....[With] bittersweet comic performances..." 08/04/2006 p.E12Entertainment Weekly
"Joseph Bologna has a great speech about senior bachelorhood, and Dyan Cannon, at 69, is still aflower." -- Grade: B- 08/18/2006 p.118 ReelViews 7 of 10
When Boynton Beach Club began life, it was called The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club. Director Susan Seidelman, considering the somber nature of the original appellation, shortened the title with an eye toward marketing. Even with the new name, however, this will be a tough sell. It's a romantic comedy involving sixty-somethings - not exactly the kind of "hot" subject distributors are looking for. This isn't a challenging film - it goes down smoothly with only occasional lumps. Character development is perfunctory, the drama is light, and the humor is on par with that of a sit-com. The Golden Girls on the Love Boat comes to mind. - James Berardinelli
Variety 8 of 10
Susan Seidelman's sprightly, rueful comedy about death and survival in an "active adult" community in Florida cannily showcases the undimmed talents of seasoned divas Dyan Cannon, Sally Kellerman and Brenda Vaccaro, ably partnered by Joseph Bologna and Len Cariou. Briskly paced humor and/or pathos flow organically from situation and characters...Remarkably free of condescension, cheapshot geriatric jokes, "special people" emotion-tugging, or falling-in-love musical montages, "Boynton Beach Bereavement Club" finds Seidelman in fine form, her career-long fascination with the interplay between "offbeat" and "normal" behavior breaking fertile new ground in the over-60s set while the sun-drenched aridity and acrylic-toned flatness of southern Florida adds new compositional color to her palette. - Ronnie Scheib
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