Arthur's Whisky (2024)
7 /10
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When Joan’s husband dies, she is shocked to discover he had invented an elixir which makes the drinker look young again. Sharing it with her two friends, the three women paint the town red but soon discover that they are no longer equipped to be young in the modern world.
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... Linda
... Joan
... Susan
... James
... Young Linda
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Super dumb, yet it somehow kinda worked for me.
'Arthur’s Whisky' is a very low budget picture, I mean just look at that unintentionally hilarious attempt at portraying a visit to Las Vegas (!!). The plot is very silly and, obviously, nonsensical but in the end I kinda dug it, to be honest. The film does plateau at around the hour mark, though the heartfelt conclusion brought it back to win me over.
I guessed the general vibe (slow paced story of oldies being oldies) of this movie based on the poster and I was mostly correct, though the opening minutes of this made it look like a proper adventure/fantasy was on the way - it evidently wasn't, so quite the jarring beginning!
Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge and Lulu lead onscreen events and the trio do well enough, as a three they worked better than they did individually. What actually probably helped this for me was the three that played their youngers. Genevieve Gaunt, Esme Lonsdale and Hannah Howland are good. Adil Ray's whole subplot with Lulu/Howland is very cringe, mind you.
Looking around, this has not been received all that positively - though a deeper look around does suggest a more even split of opinion, it does work for some. Just look at that expired tomato website - 80%/14% for critics/audience! Fascinating, really.
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Arthur's Whisky
Super dumb, yet it somehow kinda worked for me.
'Arthur’s Whisky' is a very low budget picture, I mean just look at that unintentionally hilarious attempt at portraying a visit to Las Vegas (!!). The plot is very silly and, obviously, nonsensical but in the end I kinda dug it, to be honest. The film does plateau at around the hour mark, though the heartfelt conclusion brought it back to win me over.
I guessed the general vibe (slow paced story of oldies being oldies) of this movie based on the poster and I was mostly correct, though the opening minutes of this made it look like a proper adventure/fantasy was on the way - it evidently wasn't, so quite the jarring beginning!
Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge and Lulu lead onscreen events and the trio do well enough, as a three they worked better than they did individually. What actually probably helped this for me was the three that played their youngers. Genevieve Gaunt, Esme Lonsdale and Hannah Howland are good. Adil Ray's whole subplot with Lulu/Howland is very cringe, mind you.
Looking around, this has not been received all that positively - though a deeper look around does suggest a more even split of opinion, it does work for some. Just look at that expired tomato website - 80%/14% for critics/audience! Fascinating, really.
Cast & Crew of
Arthur's Whisky
Cast
... Linda
... Joan
... Susan
... James
... Young Linda
... Young Susan
... Young Joan
... Henry
... Lucy Rulez
... Robert
... Sharon
... Karen
... Hal
... Himself
... Young Arthur
... Vicar
... Derek
... Rachel
... Nathan
... Shyla
... Doris
... Hugo
... Kim Waxologist
... Raymondo
... Threader
... Busy Bee
... Mia
... DJ
... Young Karen
... Karl
... Dr. Deborah Wingard
... Chuck
... Johnny the Bellhop
... Johnny the Bellhop
Crew
... Producer
... Producer
... Writer
... Producer
... Director
... Executive Producer
... Director of Photography
... Editor
... Executive Producer
... Original Music Composer
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