Never Too Late

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Never Too Late

2020

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

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23 Reviews

58%

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A group of seniors makes plans to break out of their retirement home to achieve their unrealized dreams before it's too late.

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The cast is good company and the story's sweet, but Never Too Late is too clunky and predictable to recommend.

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Victoria Luxford

BBC.com

Goes through the motions with familiar jokes about getting older, when something more moving could have been done. A waste of a great cast.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 17, 2022

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

With this line-up, Lamprell should have turned the film into a celebration of some great screen careers. Instead, it winds up as a sad waste of talent.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 21, 2020

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Luke Buckmaster

Guardian

It's difficult - probably impossible - not to be charmed by the principal characters and their actors, all of whom can oscillate to pathos quickly.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2020

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

The cosy sentimentalism of Mark Lamprell’s film is endearing, but the jokes are hopelessly clumsy, as are the misplaced efforts to say something serious about the war.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 6, 2022

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Dulcie Pearce

The Sun (UK)

It does carry some sweet moments and fans of a dad (or grandad) joke are in for the odd titter. But it’s never too late to watch something else.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 4, 2022

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Andrew Murray

The Upcoming

[N]o matter how great the intentions were in making this film, its torturously unfunny script, meandering plotline and all-round hideous presentation are irredeemable qualities.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 31, 2022

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tom m

Reasonably entertaining.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A fun, feel good movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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"Never Too Late" is an Australian response to more recent retirement comedies-dramas, such as "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". A rebellious pensioner, Vietnamese veteran friends, an early stage of Alzheimer's disease and an unfulfilled love that has lasted for 50 years are all packed into this movie whose plot is set in a nursing home and works surprisingly solidly – partially thanks to excellent leading actors James Cromwell ("Babe") and Jacki Weaver ("Silver Lining Playbook"). Charmingly predictable, but irresistibly warm.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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One of the better movies i have seen for a while perpetuated in typical Australian laconic style, Thankfully it is a great cast who don't overact and you can flow through this movie with some good laughs and and a few tears, Somewhat predictable but who cares with such talent and good to see Dennis Waterman still as the ladies man you cant help but raise a smile for those in the know. A great score and some wonderful scenery add to this pleasant surprise. The teenage kid acts alongside some real talent here and completely holds his own. Grab a glass of red and sit back and enjoy this film for what it is.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Too many coincidences to make the story credible. It just wasn't a good, I heard one audible laugh in the audience. Good cast wasted on this lemon.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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I thought it was fabulous regardless of the plot I'm just happy to see such awesome actors. And we did have a good laugh.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Synopsis

A group of seniors makes plans to break out of their retirement home to achieve their unrealized dreams before it's too late.

Director: Mark Lamprell
Producer: Antony I. Ginnane, David Lightfoot
Screenwriter: Luke Preston
Production Co: R&R Films, McMahon International Pictures, Elevate Production Finance
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2020
Runtime: 1h 38m

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