All You Need Is Love

On Wednesday night, went to see Something's Gotta Give with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. THANK YOU HOLLYWOOD for celebrating older women. Bout time. It was a weird moment for me at particular parts of the movie. I felt a strange bond with the other women my age in the theater. It was like it was our own little secret of understanding - of getting it. We were laughing and crying with Diane, not at her or the script. Afterwards, walking out to the car, I noticed lots of hand holding and sideways glances of the older couples. I don't think the movie would really appeal to anyone under the age of 40. My teenaged stepson went with us, and he thought it was "okay" but I am sure he will never give it a second thought. Mostly he thought the butt scenes with Jack were the funniest. The dancing Harry. As it should be, I suppose. Maybe it will implant a tiny seed in his young male brain to appreciate the woman in his life when he is 50+.


My favorite part? After a passionate evening of lovemaking with Harry, Erica falls back breathless and exclaims with a most believable surprise on her face, "I like sex!" A new revelation of herself, an awakening of her supressed feminine mystique that Diane Keaton expresses superbly. The wisdom in the words of "Know thyself".