Moving On (2023)

At the funeral for a close college friend, a woman (Jane Fonda) plans to murder the friend's husband (Malcolm McDowell) because of a traumatic incident that messed up her life. To this end, she attempts to coerce a friend (Lily Tomlin) to help her. Directed by Paul Weitz (ABOUT A BOY), this is an odd movie that never quite finds its tone. It's a comedy, yet it deals with serious subjects like rape, murder, homosexuality, nonbinary children and an interracial geriatric romance. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are excellent and it's a far better film than the other movie they did together this year (80 FOR BRADY). Still, it's disappointing that writer/director Weitz wasn't able to find a way to fuse the often uneven parts together. Not bad by any means, just frustrating. With Richard Roundtree and Sarah Burns.