And So it Goes (2014), PG-13, ★

Douglas and Keaton having a charming time at dinner.

Oh, boy. It's very obvious where this is going, so I should myself some time to write about what it is really about despite the formula and generic title.

Oren Little (Michael Douglas) is a curmudgeonly grumpy real estate worker who seems to not care anybody in his life. He is a careless hag. His neighbor, Leah (Diane Keaton), is a lounge singer who is saddened and grievous about her husband's passing, even though it is not intended for laughs. They bicker and bicker and then all of a sudden it never takes off and it goes to show that you do not care whether or not Douglas or Keaton will get together in the end. It is a boring script that even the Heimlich maneuver cannot save this movie.

Sterling Jerins who plays Oren's sons' daughter, Sarah, is the only bright character in the film that convinces us to follow her as she is in the middle of questioning her grandfather about his motives. But, she is not given much to do, it looks like she's just shadowing Douglas. Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton have played these kind of roles in much better films.

Director Rob Reiner really lost his mojo as he made some classic films in the late '80s and early '90s such as This is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally..., The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men and The American President. He is a very nice person during his interviews on talk shows or press junkets, but his feisty energy is not delivered on-screen. It is like a plane trying to take off and crashes in the water so the passengers can get out of the plane as soon as possible. This is a forgettable film riddled with clichés and pedantic humor that I cannot bear to see again.

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