Synopsis
Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspiration on how to handle sexual pleasure at an elderly age.
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Cast
- Diane KeatonDiane
- Jane FondaVivian
- Candice BergenSharon
- Mary SteenburgenCarol
- Craig T. NelsonBruce
- Andy GarcíaMitchell
- Don JohnsonArthur
- Richard DreyfussGeorge
- Alicia SilverstoneJill
- Katie AseltonAdrianne
Recommendations
- 70
Vanity Fair
Bergen is consistently the best part of Book Club: natural, dryly funny, and, in a non-pitying way, quietly heartbreaking. - 70
Los Angeles Times
This movie is either in your wheelhouse or it's not, but for those looking forward to Book Club, it delivers. For what it is — a breezy bit of Nancy Meyers-like fantasy, featuring four beloved actresses talking about sex, baby — it's exceedingly enjoyable. - 63
The Associated Press
Book Club has a script that’s often so heavy on the corn — make that corn syrup — that it strains credulity and leaves you groaning. But then, darn it, suddenly it makes you tearful, with an unexpectedly genuine moment, or laugh out loud. It’s a credit to the cast, and the cast only. - 60
The New York Times
These women — Ms. Fonda, Ms. Keaton, Ms. Steenburgen and Ms. Bergen, that is — have nothing to prove. Each one brings enough credibility and charisma to Book Club to render its weaknesses largely irrelevant. - 58
IndieWire
It’s light entertainment meant to be shared, a big glass of summer fun that goes down easy. - 58
The Film Stage
Book Club...excels not in its boldness to be risqué, but its boldness to portray vulnerability. It’s about love’s risk versus reward and the acknowledgement that present happiness is worth the future’s potential pain. - 50
The A.V. Club
The script is so lazy and outdated in its humor, it condescends to the same audience it purports to empower. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The movie is a testament to the star power of Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, who, as the longtime friends at the center of a run-of-the-mill comedy, are the only reasons to see it.
