The Time Of Their Lives (2017)

By chance, a washed up Hollywood actress (Joan Collins), now in a senior retirement home and a British housewife (Pauline Collins) encounter each other on a bus trip. The actress talks the housewife into running off to France with her where she plans on attending an old flame's funeral. But she really has an ulterior motive. Directed by Roger Goldby, this comedy comes across as an ill advised senior citizen version of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (the British TV series). It's the kind of comedy where seniors getting stoned on pot is supposed to be hysterically funny. On the plus side, the Collins girls (not related) give it their best shot and pretty much hold the picture together in spite of the thin material. Also a plus are the handsome French locations beautifully shot by James Aspinall. Plus a shout out to Franco Nero for doing a full frontal at age 75, that takes guts! With Joely Richardson, Ronald Pickup and an unrecognizable Michael Brandon (LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS).