Book Club

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Book Club
In a group of four friends, one is a woman recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, the second enjoys her men with no strings attached, the third is still working through her decades-old divorce, while the fourth’s marriage is in a slump after 35 years. Their lives are turned upside down after their book club has them reading the infamous ’’50 Shades of Grey,’’ catapulting them into a series of outrageous life choices.

104 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Sex, Drug abuse).
Comedy, Female interest

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

And then I got drunk ...
And then I got drunk ...

Credits

Cast
Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Craig T. Nelson, Don Johnson, ALicia Silverstone, Richard Dreyfus
Director
Bill Holderman
ScreenplayBill Holderman, Erin Simms
MusicPeter Nashel
CinematographyAndrew Dunn
EditingPriscilla Nedd-Friendly
Made in2018
Produced byApartment Story, June Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageModerate, fairly frequent, justified.
NudityNone
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceLow impact, isolated incident, justified by context.
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG-13 for sex-related material throughout, and for language.
Runtime104
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
1
Blood / Gore / Gross
0
Guns / Weapons
0
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
3
Imitative Behaviour
3
Frightening / Tense Scenes
1
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
3
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
14 +
Positive messages
4
Positive role models
3
Violence
0
Sex
4
Language
3
Consumerism
4
Drinking, drugs, smoking
4

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Die Burger
Mariana Malan quote iconVonke spat toe oues '50 Shades' lees.
15
24.com
Gabi Zietsman quote iconBook Club can really be watched by anyone, although it may lean a bit more towards a feminine audience, many of the male critics laughed just as hard as me in the cinema.
15
ScreenIt
Jim Judy quote iconYes, I realize the film is about the ladies and is for their gender in the audience, but that shouldn’t stymie depth and dimension for all who appear on the screen. Perhaps if the film is enough of a hit, those who ultimately make Book Club 2: Twilight will step up their game and take better advantage of having a talented cast at their disposal.
8
Metacritic.com
37 critics
11
Rottentomatoes critics
130 critics
11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconBook Club only intermittently rises to the level of its impressive veteran cast; fortunately, they’re more than enough to bring pedestrian material entertainingly to life.
11
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
11
CommonSenseMedia
Sandie Angulo Chen quote iconFabulous stars drink, talk about sex in racy comedy.
10

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
25 users
10
Rottentomatoes users
1154 users
13
IMDB
3518 Netizens
13
The Movie DB
Community
11

Average .. 58%

12

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