Our Souls at Night
2017
Action / Drama / Romance
Our Souls at Night
2017
Action / Drama / Romance
Plot summary
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
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**Not about the first love! The other way
Two legends come together in an old-fashioned love story
Robert Redford and Jane Fonda - two of the biggest names in film history - have been a wonderful partnership on film since their first film together 50+ years ago. They reunite here in "Our Souls at Night" from 2017, and they're as delightful as ever.
It's the story of a widow, Addie (Fonda) and widower (Redford), neighbors --two lonely people who make a connection. It's not really a love connection at first -- it's more of a reaching out and communicating. Eventually Louis (Redford) becomes involved in helping out with Addie's grandson, Jamie and they slowly become entwined in each other's lives.
This isn't a fast-moving CGI film with cartoon characters. These are real people in their twilight years who in a way are still finding themselves and find one another.
Fonda gives an amazing performance - having seen her in Book Club and Grace & Frankie - this is no old lady. Yet for this role, she walks like she's older and at times seems a little doddering. And believe it or not, at 80 years old, it's an act! In Book Club, her boyfriend was Don Johnson, and in Grace & Frankie, it's Peter Gallagher, nearly 20 years her junior.
Nevertheless, she and Redford are perfectly suited to one another and make a beautiful couple. This is a sweet, thoughtful film. It's for my generation. I loved it.







