Jack and I liked a lot this story about a snobby Englishwoman who, after discovering her husband's affair, moves in with her free-spirited sister and eventually joins her in a dancing class for seniors. Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie (last blogged for Pride and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, respectively) are delightful as sisters Sandra and Bif, as is Timothy Spall (most recently in The Party) as Bif's down-to-earth best friend Charlie. The supporting cast includes Joanna Lumley (made an appearance in The Wolf of Wall Street) and David Hayman (among his many credits I've seen Sid and Nancy (1986) and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008).
Director Richard Loncraine (last helmed My One and Only) and screenwriters Meg Leonard (her writing debut) and Nick Moorcroft (new to me) keep the laughs coming but also add poignancy in their richly developed characters.
Michael J. McEvoy (scored Me and Orson Welles) provides the original music, and you can hear clips from his other projects on his website, but you're more likely to remember the many songs. There's an album of "music from and inspired by the motion picture" that you can stream on spotify or buy in all the usual places.
I was going to characterize this as yet another geezer movie but I just heard from someone over ten years younger than I that she loved it, too (and wants to see it again, this time with her sister). So ignore Rotten Tomatoes' critics, averaging 68%, and especially its audiences at 49, and waltz over to your local art theatre for this gem.
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