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3 Geezers!
Directed byMichelle Schumacher
Written byRandle Schumacher, Eric Radzan, Tony Cummings
Produced byRandle Schumacher, Eric Radzan
Starring
Music byRick Amezcua and Randle Schumacher
Production
company
Rubber Tree Productions
Release date
  • May 22, 2013 (2013-05-22)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,175[1]

3 Geezers! is a 2013 American comedy film starring J. K. Simmons, Tim Allen, Scott Caan, Breckin Meyer, Randy Couture and Basil Hoffman. It was the second collaboration between Allen and Couture, after the 2008 martial arts comedy-drama film, Redbelt.

Plot

Follow actor J Kimball as he researches what it's like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts convalescent home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from today's reality. After being on the wrong end of some pranks, J enlists the help of his Hollywood friends to turn the tides. Mayhem ensues.

Cast

Rating

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Reception

Critical reception for 3 Geezers! has been overwhelmingly negative and the film currently holds a rating of 9 on Metacritic (based on 5 reviews).[2][3] News outlets such as the Los Angeles Times and New York Times panned the film overall, with both reviewers criticizing the movie's humor as un-funny and the reviewer for the New York Times commented that "This film makes the dreadful TV show “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers” seem sophisticated."[4][5] The Hollywood Reporter echoed these sentiments, stating that "Barely managing to fill its brief running time despite its surfeit of smuttily vulgar gags, 3 Geezers! proves a less than subtle argument for euthanasia."[6] Slant Magazine gave a slightly more positive review, remarking that the film's approach was "a creative one that makes the material easier to swallow, but it doesn't change the fact that this is basically a single joke on repeat for a stretched-out 80 minutes, and whether it's funny or well told is eventually beside the point."[7]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "3 Geezers!". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. ^ "3 Geezers! (review)". Allmovie. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  4. ^ Genzlinger, Neil. "Nursing Home or Frat House?". NYT. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. ^ Nicholson, Amy. "'3 Geezers' review: Raunchy, imbecilic and so not funny". LAT. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. ^ Scheck, Frank. "3 Geezers!: Film Review". THR. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  7. ^ HUMANICK, ROB. "FILM REVIEW: 3 Geezers!". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2013.