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‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ Review: Keaton, Fonda, Bergen, And Steenburgen Head To Italy In Crowd Pleaser For Older Moviegoers Looking For An Alternative

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Focus Features has the right idea in releasing the new sequel, Book Club: The Next Chapter just in time for Mother’s Day. Reuniting four genuine movie icons – Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen – whose first film in this senior franchise, 2017’s Book Club, was a surprise hit making over $100 million worldwide, there was proof positive that older female audience was eager for a night or matinee out at the multiplex if the idea and cast were right.

Since then the pandemic hit and changed moviegoing habits for the older crowd, a group that is hard to get back into theatres (although not impossible – witness The Lost City and Ticket To Paradise).

My guess is that with this quartet back in fine form, and now all over 70 (!), this could again play with the usual Hollywood conceit that women of a certain age are not boxoffice.

Throw in Italy as their destination and you have an early summer confection that could prove to be irresistible for a too-often ignored demographic.

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