Now Available On Demand at: Apple TV, Amazon, Fandango Now, Vudu, Google Play and Redbox. Senior Moment stars William Shatner and Jean Smart, along with Christopher Lloyd, Esai Morales, Katrina Bowden, Don McManus, Maya Stojan, Carlos Miranda, Melissa Greenspan, Joe Estevez, Valarie Pettiford, Beth Littleford, Jack Wallace, Kaye Ballard, Ruta Lee and numerous other acting legends. Desperate to get his old life back, with the help of his best friend Sal Spinelli (played by Christopher Lloyd), Victor goes up against the DMV and the state’s new District Attorney whose mission is to get senior drivers off the road. After being forced to take public transportation, he ultimately meets his polar opposite love interest Caroline Summers (played by Jean Smart). His life changes when his license is revoked and car is impounded after almost plowing into a crowded café. Victor Martin (played by William Shatner) is a feisty retired NASA pilot who is often seen racing around Palm Springs in his vintage Porsche. Film Mode Entertainment is handling foreign sales. Screen Media acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Senior Moment and released the movie in theaters and on demand on March 26, 2021. ![]() The movie was filmed entirely in Palm Springs, California. Comments posted to may be reprinted in the Easy Reader print edition, which is published each Thursday.2021 | Producer – Senior Moment is a romantic comedy movie written by Kurt Brungardt and Christopher Momenee, and directed by Giorgio Serafini. Opening March 26 in select theaters and VOD. I don’t think there’s anything she can’t do and if you doubt it, watch HBO’s “Watchmen” or “Fargo” (the TV series) or any of the other television series that featured her. That she has found warmth and depth in such a shallow pool is simply amazing. Even with nothing original to say or do, she is riveting. Even in a movie such as this, he brings a breath of fresh air and sly humor to something stale.Īnd darn that Jean Smart! Her virtual presence in this clunker guarantees some eyeballs because she is always so very good no matter what the material. Jack Nicholson got an Oscar for his performance Shatner will not.Įsai Morales, for the few moments he’s in the film, makes you realize how under-utilized he is as an actor. The director and writers were doing him no favors in patterning his character after Jack Nicholson’s character in “Terms of Endearment.” Martin drives a sports car Martin is commitment-phobic Martin is a retired NASA pilot. It’s always fun to watch Shatner but he doesn’t bring anything to this role that he didn’t bring to his Priceline commercials. He does not, however, look 70, which is the age he’s chosen for his character. He’s actually 90 and really doesn’t look it. William Shatner plays William Shatner, although at an unrealistic age. Which brings us to the acting, especially since nothing good can be said about the writing or direction. Jean Smart is a client of William Morris Endeavor and without her there is no there there – the very definition of self-dealing.Įsai Morales and Jean Smart in “Senior Moment.” Photo courtesy of Screen Media Films. This film, co-produced by Endeavor Content, is one of the best examples I can think of why talent agencies should be out of the production business. ![]() You can fill in the blanks for what remains by answering the following questions: Will Martin get his car and license back? Will he get Caroline back? Will he grow up? Will they live happily ever after?Ĭlearly the film was able to get funding because of the stars attached – Jean Smart as Caroline, William Shatner as Martin, Christopher Lloyd as Martin’s best friend Sal, and Esai Morales as Caroline’s artist friend Diego. Martin’s possessiveness drives Caroline away and both are bereft. Smitten, Martin believes he has finally found the one Caroline feels the same way until…the green-eyed monster rears up and Martin spies Caroline with Diego, a prominent local artist. Enter Caroline, the proprietor of the local café and a supporter of ecological causes. Martin, who ridicules his friends and their senior citizen activities is now carless and purposeless. ![]() Arrested for reckless driving, both his license and his Porsche are taken from him. Never married, Martin is narcissistic to the ultimate degree and is convinced that the rules don’t apply to him. Seventy-something Victor Martin, retired test pilot, resides in Palm Springs and lives for his Porsche. “Senior Moment,” directed by Giorgio Serafini and written by first timers Kurt Brungardt and Christopher Momenee, is not a terrible movie, it’s just not a good one.
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