Going in Style

Originality is not the purpose of Going in Style, the kind of old-fashioned entertainment that gives old-fashioned entertainment a bad name.

Freeman and Arkin are spot on, but it is Caine who stands out.

Another of those films that pretends to show older people respect while actually treating them like comic nincompoops

Having veteran Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin share a screen is a pleasure in and of itself, never mind what the movie is. In the case of Going in Style, the movie ain't much.

All three stars deliver exactly what you expect from them -- nothing more, nothing new -- but their onscreen familiarity is a strange comfort in itself.

You probably have to have seen both films to find the new one as infuriating as I did, but even if you haven't, there's no question that it's terrible.

The delicate balance between humor and pathos that informed the original has been replaced with broader gags and more blatantly manufactured sentiment.

Purely made to get a few good chuckles out of the audience who are probably all around the same age as these characters. Will easily appeal to that demographic...

I think most casual viewers-or at least the kinds of viewers who read reviews-won't find much worth recommending here, even if they're Zach Braff fans.

Feels like the sort of middle-of-the-road comedy that Jack Nicholson found himself doing before he took an extended break.