The pitch for “Last
Vegas” must have sounded thusly, “It’s the ‘Hangover,’ but with old people!” But
PG-13, of course. Impossible to hate, difficult to love, “Last” stars Michael
Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, and Robert De Niro as life-long pals
raised in a sunny, racially-harmonic 1950s Brooklyn straight out of Quebec that
reunite decades later after the hot-shot playboy millionaire –- that’s Douglas -–
finally decides to marry. The bride is 31 years old. Naturally, the pals fret. So
Vegas, lots of booze and gambling, lots of fighting with automatic car doors
and cell phones, and lots of wide-eyed stares at the shiny world. Then the
quartet throw a raucous bachelor party that attracts the MTV crowd with one big
ick moment: A college-aged girl tosses her naked body at Kline’s married horn
dog, just hours after she tells him he looks exactly like her granddad. He
demurs, but for oral sex, and comes out the hero. The incest remark goes
unnoticed. The only reason to watch “Last” -- much like “Stand Up Guys” -– is to
see great actors slightly tweak characters they played long ago in far better
movies. It’s barely enough. B-
Monday, March 3, 2014
Last Vegas (2013)
Labels:
2013,
Brooklyn,
comedy,
Kevin Kline,
Las Vegas,
Last Vegas,
marriage,
Michael Douglas,
Morgan Freeman,
Robert De Niro
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