Lee Strassberg when he wasn't being the king of crime as Hyman Roth in The Godfather Part II decides to dabble in it along with his two elderly friends George Burns and Art Carney in Going In Style.
This film was impeccably cast. Strassberg we know, but Carney made his big screen bones with a Best Actor playing an elderly man in Harry And Tonto. And George Burns managed to extend his career decades with an Oscar for The Sunshine Boys and a slew of jokes about how old he was.
These three play elderly friends who in their declining years are having trouble making ends meet. Getting into that bracket myself I can certainly sympathize. But I'm not a nimble as these three and I doubt I could pull of bank robbery which these three decide is their solution to a cash flow problem.
They actually execute a good robbery, but they are amateurs.
Going In Style turns deadly serious when the strain of things kills two of them. The third survivor is the one in real life actually known for his unflappability.
Other than the leads the only character given any depth is that of Charles Hallahan playing Carney's nephew who does a fine job.
Going In Style on the strength of its elderly leads has some serious things to say about old age and how rough it can be. But the message is given wit and charm by its script and performances.
This film was impeccably cast. Strassberg we know, but Carney made his big screen bones with a Best Actor playing an elderly man in Harry And Tonto. And George Burns managed to extend his career decades with an Oscar for The Sunshine Boys and a slew of jokes about how old he was.
These three play elderly friends who in their declining years are having trouble making ends meet. Getting into that bracket myself I can certainly sympathize. But I'm not a nimble as these three and I doubt I could pull of bank robbery which these three decide is their solution to a cash flow problem.
They actually execute a good robbery, but they are amateurs.
Going In Style turns deadly serious when the strain of things kills two of them. The third survivor is the one in real life actually known for his unflappability.
Other than the leads the only character given any depth is that of Charles Hallahan playing Carney's nephew who does a fine job.
Going In Style on the strength of its elderly leads has some serious things to say about old age and how rough it can be. But the message is given wit and charm by its script and performances.