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Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)

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Book Club: The Next Chapter has two brief scenes with bright sparkles coming off of women’s dresses.

All of the camera work in this film is either stationary or very smooth.

Flashing Lights: 1/10. Motion Sickness: 0/10.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Book Club: The Next Chapter

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Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

I wish I liked these Book Club movies more. No, wait. Let me change that to “I wish these Book Club movies were better”. It’s a treat to see actresses who would normally get relegated to the role of “the protagonist’s grandma” in a main role. Nonetheless, I have the feeling most viewers will recognize Book Club: The Next Chapter as the kind we'd dismiss altogether if it featured performers in their 20s and 30s. Why should we make an exception because the cast are Hollywood veterans?

When Diane (Diane Keaton), Sharon (Candice Bergen) and Carol (Mary Steenburgen) learn that Arthur (Don Johnson) and Vivian (Jane Fonda) are finally get married, the girls decide to go on a bachelorette party tour of Venice.

Production snapshots during the end credits make two things pretty clear. 1) The cast and crew had a great time making this movie. 2) They had a particularly good time making it in Venice. The shots of Italy are not quite as egregious and commercial-y as you’ve seen in other films, but come on, we all know this was sort of a working vacation for everyone. The ladies get to wear some beautiful wedding-themed dresses even though there’s no reason for them to - except Vivian, of course. They tour museums, get wined and dined... all of which are realistic things for them to do on a vacation, but it's still a vacation.

All the ladies get their own little stories. They range from the semi-dramatic to the romantic and the goofy. The recently-retired Sharon catches the eye of Ousmane (Hugh Quarshie), who all but serenades her in a scene that’s fun until it ends with a lame recurring gag. It involves a police officer (Giancarlo Giannini) the women constantly bump into - even when they leave the city he’s patrolling and travel hours away. It’s not nearly as corny as Diane’s story, which involves her dead husband’s missing ashes.

I’m not sure which of the women gets the worst sub-plot. Vivian’s journey is the most realistic. She's firmly established who she is. Now, she’s having reservations about changing it all by tying the knot. There’s actuallly something there. Too bad it’s frequently buried beneath lame gags. In one scene the ladies’ car breaks down in the middle of the road and Vivian thinks the police officer who shows up to help is a stripper. Does she think her friends are putting her through The Game? As if anyone would purposely fake engine troubles in the middle of the countryside so this hunky guy could show up on-cue. It makes no sense.

Similarly, there’s a single gag involving Carol that completely ruins her story. She used to have the hots for this chef (her diary describes how much she wanted to put his meatballs into her mouth, which should give you an idea of what the writing is like). When they reconnect, they flirt. He shows her this old van in his garage. In the next shot, it’s rocking like there’s something naughty happening inside but then we see that they’re just vigorously kneading bread. Firstly, that's been done a thousand times. Secondly, she’s married. Was the idea of them getting it on spontaneously despite her being married supposed to be supposed? Was the intent to horrify the audience and they *psyche!*? I’m guessing the movie just didn’t think things through, that it never even ocurred to writer/director Bill Holderman (who co-writes with Erin Simms) that a rocking car gag was anything but mandatary.

While the actresses in Book Club: The Next Chapter raise the material, they can only do so much. Like its predecessor, this film is firmly aimed towards a specific audience of older viewers who want to see a comedy that's a little racy but not too racy. Even for them, this is a letdown. (Theatrical version on the big screen, May 12, 2023)

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Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) Review

Following on with the four best friends as they go on an adventure fo Italy for a fun girls trip, something they never managed to do! ⭐️⭐️ Continue reading Untitled

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Book Club: The Next Chapter (12): Dull and wooden Italian Job.

#onemannsmovies review of "Book Club: The Next Chapter" (2023). #BookClub. Lame sequel that creaks through Italy. 2/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Book Club: The Next Chapter” (2023). (As sponsored by the Italian Tourist Board and “those nice people” at Lufthansa!) It’s 5 years since the first “Book Club” film came out and one of the blessings, given the ages of the four stars – totalling 309 years!- is that they are all still with us! “Book Club: The Next Chapter” is the usual answer to the question of…

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Vijf jaar geleden: première van "Book Club"

 Vier vriendinnen van middelbare leeftijd (v.l.n.r. Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda en Mary Steenburgen) die elkaar sinds jaar en dag kennen, komen maandelijks samen voor hun boekenclub in de gelijknamige film (“Book club”) van Bill Holderman. Tijdens een bijeenkomst stelt een van hen voor om de roman ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ te lezen en te bespreken. De lectuur van die erotische roman en…

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Opening in theaters this weekend:

Book Club: The Next Chapter--"Best friend tough love."

Several times throughout this sequel to the 2018 comedy, one of the characters uses this phrase before offering a critique, usually not terribly tough, of one of the other three. In that spirit, I'm tempted to offer the returning quartet of leading ladies--Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen--some unsolicited movie critic tough love: cranking out this sort of girls-night-out fluff shouldn't be all they do in the valedictory stretch of their careers.

But I can't do it. These four women are all great stars, first-rate actors and classic screen beauties. In some cases they won their chops gradually--Bergen had a pretty rough start, for instance, but eventually developed killer comic timing--while others, like Keaton, seemed to find a one-of-a-kind persona early on. Each of them, however, has a splendid body of work to be proud of, and if now they want to make money doing relatively harmless, undemanding fare like this, they've earned the right.

That said, this one is really fluffy. But so what? There's a sense in which movies like this are critic-proof. As with 80 for Brady, another emeritus chick flick from earlier this year (also featuring Fonda), the stars here are such good company that the feeble plotting and rambling dialogue and platitudes about pursuing your dreams at any age become a shared smirk between them and the audience.

You may recall the line up, lifelong friends who stay in touch through a book club: Keaton's character, conveniently named Diane, is a reserved widow who defaults to finding reasons not to have adventures and has never scattered her husband's ashes. Fonda plays Vivian, a successful hotel magnate who has never married. Part One linked Vivian up with Arthur (Don Johnson) and Diane up with Mitchell (Andy Garcia).

Steenburgen plays Carol, a married chef; here her husband Bruce (Craig T. Nelson) has had a heart attack and she's policing his bacon intake. Bergen rounds out the quartet as Sharon, the long-divorced and still single retired federal judge.

Last time around the ladies were reading Fifty Shades of Grey, which rather embarrassingly stirred them up erotically. This time, after a long COVID lockdown, their selection is Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist, which helps inspire them to go on a trip, a bachelorette party for Vivian, who has at last agreed to marry Arthur. So the four of them tour Italy; first Rome, then Venice, then Tuscany.

You can imagine the results, again directed by Bill Holderman from a script he co-wrote, again, with Erin Simms. The ladies cavort, from montage to montage, making low-hanging-fruit lewd jokes about classical sculptures, or trying on wedding dresses. They get robbed, and the case is handled without much urgency by a venerable and impressively unformed officer of the polizia (played by Seven Beauties himself, Giancarlo Giannini). They flirt with guys, although Sharon being the only fully unattached one, she's the only one that gets to fully cut loose in this way. And through it all, they drink wine. Lots and lots of wine.

Like many other directors, Holderman leans hard on the Italian locations, and the movie looks great. It sounds great, too; the soundtrack has Bette Midler singing "Mambo Italiano" and Italian-language versions of pop hits from The Monkees to Hall and Oates. And it's hard to completely dismiss any movie that features Hugh Quarshie singing "Gloria," in Italian, accompanied by Mary Steenburgen on the accordion.

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Jane Fonda Leads Seasoned Legends Into Making Book Club a Vibe...Again

Whoever said it gets better later definitely knew what they were talking about @bookclub @focusfeatures #bookclubmovie

When screenwriters Bill Holderman and Erin Simms wrote and produced Book Club in 2017, they had no idea how revolutionary the film would become.  Based on a real-life incident, when the authors decided to send their mothers a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey (yup, you read that right), the most intriguing thing about this franchise is that a major studio put their money where their mouths are…

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"Book Club: The Next Chapter"

BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER was unapologetically made for a target audience that will gobble it up and leave wanting more, despite the film not being very good.

The first question I asked myself after leaving the theater after screening “Book Club: The Next Chapter” was “wait a minute, did this movie even have a script?” The story is so paper-thin that it seems like a long improv session between four of the most charming actresses over 70. The sad (or great?) thing about this is that it doesn’t really matter, because co-writer and director Bill Holderman…

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The 'Book Club' Spends Its 'Next Chapter' in Italy: Shall We Join Them?

The 'Book Club' Spends Its 'Next Chapter' in Italy: Shall We Join Them?

Good Reads (CREDIT: © 2023 FIFTH SEASON, LLC) Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy García, Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson, Giancarlo Giannini Director: Bill Holderman Running Time: 108 Minutes Rating: PG-13 for Saucy Puns Release Date: May 12, 2023 (Theaters) What’s It About?: They’re not reading anything as spicy as Fifty Shades of Grey this time, but Vivian…

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Book Club: The Next Chapter Trailer

The four ladies of The Book Club head to Italy for Vivan’s bachelorette party.

Book Club: The Next Chapter stars Diane Keaton (Diane), Jane Fonda (Vivian), Candice Bergen (Sharon), and Mary Steenburgen (Carol). Bill Holderman directs from a screenplay by Holderman and Erin Simms.

Book Club: The Next Chapter releases to theaters on May 12, 2023.

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Book Club (2018)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Book Club has one brief scene with police car strobe lights in the background. It begins at night when a man becomes angry while driving, and lasts about a minute.

All of the camera work is either stationary or very smooth. There is a brief flying scene.

Flashing Lights: 4/10. Motion Sickness: 0/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: A person is drugged in one scene, which is played for laughs. One character has multiple panic attacks about flying.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Book Club

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2024 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

Pitchers

#23 Mitch Keller (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

#26 Bailey Falter (Chino Hills, California)

#27 Marco Gonzales (Ft. Collins, Colorado)*

#28 Josh Fleming (Columbia, Illinois)*

#35 Colin Holderman (Bourbonnais Township, Illinois)

#36 Dauri Moreta (Comendador, Dominican Republic)

#37 Jared Jones (La Mirada, California)**

#43 Ryan Borucki (Fremont Township, Illinois)

#45 Albertín Chapman (San Isidro De Holguin, Cuba)*

#48 Luis Ortiz (San Pedro De Macorís, Dominican Republic)

#51 David Bednar (Mars, Pennsylvania)

#54 Martín Pérez (Guanare, Venezuela)*

#59 Roansy Contreras (Peralvillo, Dominican Republic)

#61 José Hernández (San Felipe De Puerto Plata, Dom Rep)

#63 Hunter Stratton (Bluff City, Tennessee)

Catchers

#6 Yasmani Grandal (Miami Springs, Florida)*

#14 Joey Bart (Buford, Georgia)*

#32 Henry Davis (Bedford, New York)

#55 Jason Delay (Johns Creek, Georgia)

Infielders

#2 Connor Joe (San Diego, California)

#3 Ji-Hwan Bae (Daegu, South Korea)

#13 Ke'Bryan Hayes (Tomball, Texas)

#15 Oneil Cruz (Nizao, Dominican Republic)

#19 Jared Triolo (Austin, Texas)

#25 Alexander Williams (San Diego, California)

#44 Ryan Tellez (Elk Grove, California)*

Outfielders

#10 Bryan Reynolds (Brentwood, Tennessee)

#18 Michael Taylor (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)*

#22 Andrew McCutchen (Ft. Meade, Florida)

#38 Edward Olivares (Santiago De León De Caracas, Venezuela)*

#65 Jack Suwinski (Chicago, Illinois)

Coaches

Manager Derek Shelton (Warren Township, Illinois)

Bench coach Don Kelly (Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania)

Hitting coach Andy Haines (Louisville Township, Illinois)

Assistant hitting coach Christian Marrero (Miami, Florida)

Bullpen coach Justin Meccage (Billings, Montana)

Bullpen catcher Jordan Comadena (Normal, Illinois)

Bullpen catcher Raúl Hernández (Maturín, Venezuela)

Pitching coach Oscar Marin (Los Angeles, California)

1B coach Tarrik Brock (Goleta, California)

3B coach Mike Rabelo (New Port Richey, Florida)

Infield coach Mendy López (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Strategy coach Radley Haddad (Carmel, Indiana)

Assistant coach Stephen Morales (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)

Assistant coach Jonny Tucker (Oakland, California)

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Son escandalosas pero fabulosas… “Cuando Ellas Quieren Más”

Las mejores amigas, Vivian, Sharon, Diane y Carol llevan su club de lectura a Italia para hacer el divertido viaje de chicas que nunca tuvieron. Pero cuando las cosas se salen de control y se revelan secretos, sus relajantes vacaciones se convierten en una aventura única en la vida.

Estreno: 1º de Junio de 2023 en Cines.

La película está dirigida por Bill Holderman y protagonizada por Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Giancarlo Giannini, Andy Garcia y Don Johnson.

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Book Club: The Next Chapter

[3 stars]

This unnecessary piece of fluff is best served with wine in hand and watching while over 50. There is nothing particularly great nor horrible about this light and silly fantasy; but much like the first round, it’s entirely forgettable almost the moment the credits roll. Bill Holderman, who co-wrote and directed this empty sequel, continues his examination of aging, as he did with his earlier A Walk in the Woods…but he has yet to find real meat in his meals.

Enough said.

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