The Sunshine Boys (1996)

A theatrical agent (Sarah Jessica Parker) tries to reunite her uncle (Peter Falk) and his old partner (Woody Allen), who were once a famous comedy act, for a movie. There's a problem though ..... they can't stand each other. Based on the play by Neil Simon (previously filmed in 1975) and directed by John Erman (AN EARLY FROST). I'm not a fan of Simon's play and didn't care at all for the Oscar winning 1975 film adaptation. Still, I thought I'd give this remake a chance and it still didn't work for me. This  time around, I liked Allen's character who seemed a more sensible character than Falk's irritating stubborn curmudgeon. But it's just not very funny. Simon has updated this adaptation, the comedy team are no longer ex-vaudevillians but stars from the golden age of television. With Whoopi Goldberg, Liev Schreiber, Edie Falco and Michael McKean.