Just Getting Started

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Just Getting Started

PG-13

Released Dec 8, 2017

1h 31m

Holiday

Comedy

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Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.

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Critics Consensus

A thoroughly unfunny misfire, Just Getting Started manages the incredible feat of wasting more than a century of combined acting experience from its three talented leads.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

The producers must think this drivel is what their senior target audience wants, but only someone who's lost an appetite for real life could find any entertainment in it.

Mar 25, 2020

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The climactic 20 minutes of Just Getting Started are so lazily directed that I wondered why Shelton bothered trying to put action into the movie at all.

Dec 14, 2017

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

If this is what the "golden years" are going to be like, count me out.

Rated: 0.5/5

Dec 14, 2017

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Francis X. Friel

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Scripts this bad will sometimes seem fun with enough enthusiasm behind or in front of the camera, but the star power on display isn't enough to make this anything but a (hopefully) forgettable misstep for all involved.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 21, 2019

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Allen Adams

The Maine Edge

Just Getting Started never actually gets started, sputtering along until it finally loses steam and creaks to a predictable conclusion. It isn't funny, it isn't engaging and it just isn't any good.

Rated: 0/5

Feb 8, 2019

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

The movie is a ghastly, ramshackle mess, lurching from gag to clunking gag and exacerbated by Barry Peterson's harsh cinematography, making everyone look considerably older than they are.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 21, 2017

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Kelly S

So stupid I couldn't even find anything redeeming about this waste of time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/24/25

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Gary K

Pretty scenery, great cast, boring as hell.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/29/24

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anthony m

It was dreadful to watch such talent go to waste. Morgan Freeman or Tommy Lee Jones are both great actors and always fit the role but this looked like something a lot of C list actors were put in.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/14/23

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Al C

Lame lame lame. Terrible acting by arguably some of the finest. Final action sequence is akin to F1 if all drivers were on qualudes. Boring as.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/07/23

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Jeff C

Like my mom said while watching it, " Well at least it's not people shooting people." I don't know. Maybe it's ok. So bad it's good? Probably not. Like this review…not sure what to think.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/27/23

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trevor g

The critics are wrong about this movie - I've saved it as one of my favorites, a thoroughly fun watch. Did all of the jokes land? No, but enough landed to make this an enjoyable movie to watch. Morgan Freeman, 80 years old still starring in major motion films and Tommy Lee Jones, 71 at the time of this film, still bringing in the sharp dialogue and roguish charm he's known for. It was a fun ride watching these old actors still pony up a good show, a few laughs and an entertaining storyline. I've never been to a retirement community but to see Freeman become the boss of his - I don't know what it is that I love about this but I think it's the fact that this movie feels more realistic. I can actually see some of this happening for actors of this age. Most of all, if you're looking for a movie to pass the time with on a Saturday night, order a pizza and sit back - this is great. Is it oscar worthy? Nah. But the sense of ridiculousness about the entire situation scene-by-scene made Just Getting Started well worth watching. The critics are unnecessarily harsh here. A regular every day person like myself really enjoyed this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.

Director: Ron Shelton
Producer: Bill Gerber, Steve Richards
Screenwriter: Ron Shelton
Distributor: Broad Green Pictures
Production Co: Endurance Media, Gerber Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Violence|Suggestive Material)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 8, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.5M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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