US romantic comedy in which the lives of four friends are changed when they read '50 Shades of Grey' for their monthly book club.
As the foursome become sidetracked by their relationship dramas, Book Club loses its zip but united they are magnificent, bouncing off each other and each bringing something different to the table.
Inevitably, in the last third, the sauciness abates and is replaced instead by a drippy sentimentality.
Fonda, Keaton, Bergen and Steenburgen can do nothing to rescue this charmless luxury lifestyle offering about discovering EL James’s books.
Yet another condescending effort that seems to think audience intelligence drops once everyone is past retirement age.
A story of female bibliophiles rediscovering their mojos, is, ironically, let down by the writing.
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