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I am impressed by the allegory of fighting to get out, of your hometown, your surroundings, that which is known. Jordan Oosterhof who stirs the same feelings Matt Damon did 30 years ago fights to win and as a girlfriend says, he is a beast. Running nude on a beach, he encounters Colin Hayes, half Maori and all gay. Encountering a jellyfish, he renders first aid to our fallen hero. Things proceed between them as expected.

Antihero Tim Roth of Pulp Fiction fame is a dad who needs his son to win but as a drunk, he has limitations. Local gymowners want a piece of son Jim and a piece of Maori Waitu too so they conspire to coach Jim to win for them. Dad has an issue and tries to stand up for his son. He doesn't need to escape so he does. Maybe Waitu waiting? Maybe not? Freedom.

As one of my colleagues said, she probably could have written it but it is infectious in that I could watch it over and over, Jane Fonda chewing the scenery, Candice Bergen with a winning performance and Mary Steenburgen, Mrs Ted Danson in a role both funny and sad. Best in show to Diane Keaton, no one does stressed out better than she does, remember falling back into the snow in Baby Boom? I do.

saw this in theater or tried to, film broke, how quaint. I think Nancy Meyers commentaries on the films she direct are hilarious, as she sweats every detail, even ones no film-goer would notice or care about. Ex-husband Alec Baldwin and former wife Meryl Streep get along very well until a new man Steve Martin comes along, hilarity ensues, although this may be the least funny movie he's ever been in. The Santa Barbara exteriors and Brooklyn interiors worked well. Particularly good the casting of the kids such as Hunter Parrish who went on to do Still Alice and as the son in law Mr Emily Blunt, John Krazynski, easily the most underrated actor in Hollywood. I found it believable and smart, even the 15th time.