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Poms

2019

Zara Hayes

Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, Celia Weston ...

4.6

322

Comedy A comedy about a group of women who form a cheer leading squad at their retirement community, proving that you're never too old to 'bring it!'

	Author	Review
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The combined ages of the cheerleaders in 'POMS' is well over 500 years, but the movie’s jokes feel even older."	NEG
United States	Beandrea July The Hollywood Reporter	"A script that doesn't do the work to create real characters and as a result pulls off an astonishing feat: making screen legends like Diane Keaton, Pam Grier and Rhea Perlman look like sad, pitiful old ladies."	NEG
United States	Courtney Howard Variety	"For a film that’s supposed to instill confidence in the hearts of its target demographic and beyond, it lacks that same sense of bravery in its storytelling to say something genuinely moving."	NEG
United States	Lindsey Bahr Chicago Sun-Times	"[It is] as though director Zara Hayes and screenwriter Shane Atkinson realized too late that they’d assembled a cast of rock-star actresses (...) and forgot to write a real movie, or characters, for them (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"The story is thin and merely serviceable at best, and it often feels like the film has barely been written (...) An imperfect package"	NEG
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"The characters in 'Poms' are far from reality — not only of such acting legends but of any woman of a certain age — it’s easy to wonder if the writers have actually met anyone over the age of 65"	NEG
United States	Monica Castillo The Wrap	"While Keaton and Weaver get to have fun and more fleshed-out characters, the rest of the squad remains a bit vague."	NEU
Canada	Chandler Levack The Globe and Mail	"'Poms' has spirit (yes, it does) and eventually delivers on the promise of its premise. But it also has one of the worst sympathy-baiting cancer plots in history and a godawful script (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Sarah Ward Screendaily	"Though poorly served by the material, which leans heavily on archetypes and broad jokes, 'Poms' cast inspires modest cheers."	NEU
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"[It] wastes the talents of its cast and fails to provide the crowd-pleasing moments it so desperately needs (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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