Film Review – Going in Style

With a cast that includes Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin, it’s impossible for “Going in Style” to go wrong. But director Zach Braff comes close. A remake of a 1979 Martin Breast comedy that starred George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg, “Going in Style” has retained its pain of aging, but updates the world around these cantankerous senior citizens, with the new take focusing on the injustices of the American banking system, and how such cruelty has become casual, even legal. While boasting a screenplay by Theodore Melfi (who recently helmed “Hidden Figures”) and the sheer charisma of its leading men, who deliver feisty performances, Braff keeps the sunshine bright in what was originally a somewhat bleak endeavor. With its edges sanded off, the movie is reduced to pure entertainment, and that’s a creative challenge Braff periodically bungles. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com