Just Getting Started (2017)
Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.
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Too much of everything
Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Blistering performances.
MORE REVIEWS AT booksequalhappiness.blogspot.comREVIEW: You'd think that a movie starring Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman would be at least alright but you'd be wrong. The story wasn't something new. It wasn't funny or entertaining. The only thing that I liked was Leo's Red Ford Ranger (it was beautiful af). I don't remember much of what happened which is probably because my brain didn't want to keep it. SHOULD YOU WATCH IT: Absolutely, not. WOULD I WATCH IT AGAIN: Absolutely, not.
I was VERY SURPRISED when I saw the the low reviews and EXTREMELY negative things that was said about this movie. It isn't a Oscar winning time by no means, but it DOES NOT deserve the bad things that have been written here. The cast is really great and it's a fun and an enjoyable hour and a half. Like I said, it's no "barn burner" as far as innovation of movie plots, but it's funny at times and cute to see these actors can be silly and have a fun time. So to the others that are so mean and negative about it, LIGHTEN UP! It's a movie!
I will always pay to see Morgan Freeman in a movie, always. I even paid to see 10 items or less. This movie he did for a friend or something, it's the same feeling you get from seeing Stallone do anything in the last 5 years. I could not finish this. I honestly enjoyed the IMDB Danny Trejo talk 100 times more than "just getting started". Rene Russo still has that something something going on but poor Joe Pantoliano never took off his hat once. We're all losing our hair, embrace it. His history in the Sopranos gives him a lifetime pass in my book. Looking forward to seeing him in 15 rounds. I suspect that's where his hat came from.
Was this a great film, no, but it was totally enjoyable to watch as I knew it had to be considering the cast. Not just Jones & Freeman, but Jane Seymour, George Wallace, Joe Pantoliano, & Glenne Headly in her final film. Sure it's a play on a plot that's been done before with a few twists, but with different players always different. If you want an hour & half of entertainment and aren't predisposed to think old folks are has beens, check it out.