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| I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS movie poster |
Director
Brett Haley |
| Brett Haley Director |
Producer
Rebecca Green, Brett Haley, Laura D. SmithScreenwriter
Marc Basch, Brett HaleyStarring
- Blythe Danner as Carol Petersen
- Martin Starr as Lloyd
- Sam Elliott as Bill
- Malin Akerman as Katherine Petersen
- June Squibb as Georgina
- Mary Kay Place
- Reid Scott
- Rhea Perlman
- John Beasley
Angelika movie theater in Plano.
Angelika Film Center Plano
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| Blythe Danner |
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| Sam Elliot |
The movie on the agenda for the day was "I'll See You In My Dreams". The movie starts Blythe Danner (Carol) and Sam Elliot (Bill). This sweet, lovely movie focuses on Carol a widow, living a quite life in her bungalow in Southern California. She plays bridge with 3 girlfriends, who are played by June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Place. These 3 friends live in a active senior retirement complex on a golf course. While these 4 women attempt to play bridge they do more talking, laughing and drinking than tallying up points for the game .
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| Rhea Perlman |
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| June Squibb |
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| Mary Kay Place |
Carol lives a very orderly and insular life. But after suffering another loss, she slowly begins to venture out. OK, being set in Southern California, a pool guy is involved, but not in the way you think. However, a lot of wine is consumed.
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| Martin Starr pool guy |
Carol is talked into participating in a speed dating event at the club and it just goes to show that dating and finding a connection is hard at any age. But Carol does find romance and is wooed by the ever handsome Sam Elliot, who still looks mighty fine in a pair of jeans and whose voice could melt a frozen Popsicle on a frosty day.
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| Carol & Bill on his boat |
There are several funny scenes in the movie one of which is when the girls get the munchies (hint, hint,) and make a run to the grocery store for junk food. A police officer stops them and it shows that with age comes wisdom and a whole lot of moxie!
The Travelling Toe will leave the narrative there should you decide to see this wonderful movie yourself.
Disclaimer: The Travelling Toe is not a professional movie critic and any opinions expressed are for entertainment purposes only.
SIDE NOTE TO HOLLYWOOD:
Hello Hollywood:
This is an open note to Hollywood directors, producers, screenwriters and other big shots....are you awake???? There is a vastly under served movie market and it is us, the mature crowd. Yes, we qualify for AARP discounts and membership but we also are the generation who spent our youth on Saturday's at the neighborhood movie theater and watched all those black and white cowboy movies, serials, cartoons, newsreels and travel shows. Then when we became teenagers and young adults we went to the drive-ins for date nights. Now we go to the local multiplex. But it is often dismaying to see how seniors are portrayed on screen. We may have silver in our hair but we have green in our pockets. So give us some good movies like this one and we will support them!
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