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Book Club

Book Club

Romance · Comedy · Drama · 2018

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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Book Club

“The next chapter is always the best.”

2018 Romance · Comedy · Drama 1h 44m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

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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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Bill Holderman

Written by

Bill Holderman · Erin Simms

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Diane

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Vivian

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Sharon

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Carol

Andy Garcia

Andy Garcia

Mitchell

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson

Bruce

Don Johnson

Don Johnson

Arthur

Court is in session

Put Book Club on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.