I loved the pair – Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro. They worked SO well together. You could tell just by watching the trailer that it was going to work. Robert DeNiro as Ben Whitaker was perfect for this role. He’s an old school guy: charming and chivalrous. He embodies the 70 year old persons’ generation so well. He’s a great balance to Anne Hathaway’s character, Jules, in which things needing to happen in a matter of minutes and her life is go-go-go.
I liked how the main focus of the movie wasn’t “old people having troubles with technology”, rather, it mainly focused on Ben and Jules relationship. I’m happy it wasn’t old clashing with new because this movie could have easily gone in that direction and could have included all the cheap jokes and one-liners possible. The plot was simple and humble. Even though it was a 2 hour long movie, there were no pacing issues, nor did it drag at any point…albeit, there was 1 particular scene that could have been taken out and it wouldn’t have changed anything in the movie (when Jules accidentally sent an email to her mom). I enjoyed watching Ben and Jules relationship grow, and I especially loved that there wasn’t a huge falling out between the 2; the director saw that there didn’t need to be and kept it that way.
This movie makes you appreciate the old school class, and that anything and everything you want doesn’t always exist at the tip of your fingers. I wouldn’t classify this as a comedy, and I wouldn’t classify this as a drama. There’s a good mix of each.
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