Another in the recent line of heist movies featuring pensioners who have been swindled by their pension fund.
Golden Years wants to be Ealingesque with a touch of social conscience for the plight of the elderly.
Arthur (Bernard Hill) and Martha (Virginia McKenna) are a retired couple. She needs medical treatment and Arthur discovers that he might not be able to afford it as his pension fund has tanked.
In desperation he thinks about robbing a bank. Only for good fortune to come his way, he accidentally manages to get away with 50k from a security van that has come to the bank.
Emboldened, Arthur plans another bank robbery and this time Martha joins him. Later his friends join in for further robberies as they are also struggling financially.
The police led by veteran Sid (Alun Armstrong) believe that a violent gang is behind the robberies, not a bunch of pensioners.
Golden Years is co-written by television presenter Nick Knowles. An improbable plot is amiably done with lots of charm. Unfortunately it is too silly and at times plays like a farce.
Virginia McKenna looks too old to be Bernard Hill's wife. Alun Armstrong is too old to still be plod. Simon Callow is just too fruity.
Golden Years wants to be Ealingesque with a touch of social conscience for the plight of the elderly.
Arthur (Bernard Hill) and Martha (Virginia McKenna) are a retired couple. She needs medical treatment and Arthur discovers that he might not be able to afford it as his pension fund has tanked.
In desperation he thinks about robbing a bank. Only for good fortune to come his way, he accidentally manages to get away with 50k from a security van that has come to the bank.
Emboldened, Arthur plans another bank robbery and this time Martha joins him. Later his friends join in for further robberies as they are also struggling financially.
The police led by veteran Sid (Alun Armstrong) believe that a violent gang is behind the robberies, not a bunch of pensioners.
Golden Years is co-written by television presenter Nick Knowles. An improbable plot is amiably done with lots of charm. Unfortunately it is too silly and at times plays like a farce.
Virginia McKenna looks too old to be Bernard Hill's wife. Alun Armstrong is too old to still be plod. Simon Callow is just too fruity.