Last Vegas

I wasn't expecting much with one but always love to be proven wrong.  As soon as it started it produced a smile on my face and I don't think I stopped smiling for the entire film with some laugh out loud moments as well.   Last Vegas is just a great, fun movie.   It doesn't try to be anything else.

The film is about a bunch of elderly guys who have been mates since forever hitting up Vegas for a Bachelor party and realizing they're not dead yet!   What makes this an absolute success is the chemistry between the 4 main male leads - Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline.   They nailed it.  Their interactions between themselves and with the outside world was natural and hilarious.

All were brilliant but Morgan Freeman was the stand out for me.  He played such a great character who was just out for a good time and after a couple of drinks became the kid he was 60 years ago.  Together the guys manage to score the penthouse at the Aria and find themselves clubbing, judging bikini contests, throwing a massive party and one even get's a lap dance from Red Foo.  It sounds corny written like that but the way it pans out in the movie it doesn't seem it.

Not much else to say on this one, just that it gives off a really good vibe.  I highly recommend it, especially for us blokes getting on a bit - there's a lot of 'old man' problem humor, all stuff to look forward to I guess.

8/10

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