Boynton Beach Club Doesn’t Need A Walker

     Earlier this year, Curious George hit the big screen appealing to youngsters and only youngsters. The movie was pretty bad, but you have to respect a flick that knows its target audience. A similar respect is due to Boynton Beach Club except it appeals to older moviegoers and it is not a bad movie at all. If studios release motion pictures geared toward children then it only seems fair that they also release them geared toward the other extreme of the age spectrum.

      Boynton Beach Club is surprisingly fun, even if it is ridiculously cliché and has a cast of very cartoonish characters. Naturally, the movie about a bereavement club for senior citizens in a retirement community features material that is most appreciated by older moviegoers but the general storylines won’t feel too foreign for all other audiences. It is possible for just about anyone to have a good time while watching these hip seniors do their thing.

      Boynton Beach Club follows a few members of a bereavement club through a somewhat difficult time for each of them. Dyan Cannon plays Lois, a woman who falls for Don, played by Michael Nouri. Len Cariou is Jack, a man who finds it very hard to be intimate with anyone after his wife’s passing, despite the strong flirtations from Sally Kellerman’s Sandy.

     Meanwhile, Joseph Bologna plays Jack, a man looking for love over the internet. Then there is Brenda Vaccaro who stars as Marilyn, a woman faced with the anger she feels toward the neighbor that senselessly killed her husband by talking on a cell phone while driving. Each of the characters have different problems but they discover that just knowing each other can make all the difference in the world.

     As a 20-something, I truly enjoyed watching Boynton Beach Club and found it to be a particularly fun feature film. That said, I am sure that older moviegoers will absolutely love the movie and take even more out of it than I did. Those outside the target audience shouldn’t avoid “The Boynton Beach Club,” though, as it will certainly amuse them. Think of it this way – if it doesn’t now, it definitely will eventually.