21 March 2017 Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester this afternoon - The Time of Their Lives. Starring Joan Collins and Pauline Collins as Helen and Priscilla, two women who couldn't be more different, they end up together on a bus on a day trip to the beach which culminates in them both ending up in France. Billed as a female buddy movie, this was a lot more mundane, these two characters were not really buddies, just two ageing women drawn together by the desperateness of their lives, one a Hollywood actress whose star is definitely on the wane, the other an unappreciated housewife haunted by memories of the past. What ensued should have been funnier, should have been more emotional but in reality the acting was wooden and slightly uncomfortable to watch. Take Joan Collins out of the equation and I felt I was watching a modern remake of Paulines Collins' big hit Shirley Valentine. It was a pleasant enough way to spend a couple of hours but that's about it.
Review of The Time of Their Lives
