Just Getting Started

4.5

Ratings

Original title: Just Getting Started
Year: 2017
Running time: 91 min.
Country: United States
Director: Ron Shelton
Screenwriter: Ron Shelton
Music: Alex Wurman
Cinematography: Barry Peterson
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, René Russo, Joe Pantoliano, Glenne Headly, Elizabeth Ashley, Mel Raido, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Alma Sisneros, Graham Beckel, Kristen Rakes, George Wallace, Nick Peine, Eli Goodman, Drago Sumonja, Kat Sawyer
Producer: Broad Green Pictures / Endurance Media / Entertainment One / Gerber Pictures / Reel Chefs Catering
Genre: Action. Comedy
Synopsis / Plot: A two-hander action comedy about an ex-FBI agent (Jones) and an ex-mob lawyer in the witness protection program (Freeman) having to put aside their petty rivalry on the golf course to fend off a mob hit.

Critics' reviews

"An utterly useless misfire that brings out the worst in all parties involved (...) Unduly protracted, clumsily contrived and dreadfully unamusing"

Joe Leydon: Variety
"It’s a little too jaunty ever to generate any real sense of jeopardy for our hero (...) Its main value is to make us eager for another, more substantial Shelton movie"

Stephen Farber: The Hollywood Reporter
"The jokes misfire and the scenes creak and stumble (...) [It] feels slow and interminable"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"The trouble is, 'Just Getting Started' never really gets going. It only kept me thinking, 'Is this ever just going to finish?' (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"

Susan Wloszczyna: rogerebert.com
"'Just Getting Started' looks like a cheap sitcom (...) A film that’s been put together at random, possibly with an hour missing"

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: AV Club
"'Just Getting Started' never gets going in any coherent direction (...) Irritating for those of us who paid to watch the results"

Luke Y. Thompson: Forbes
"There’s very little comedy here and even less action (...) A film that looks like it was a paid vacation for its players."

Dan Callahan: The Wrap

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