Starts At 60
Four Veterans Shine In A Friendship Movie
By Jim Shembri
August 1, 2024
Old resentments boil up in the enjoyable lightweight reunion comedy The Fabulous Four as a quartet of long-time chums band together for a latter-life wedding.
Marilyn (Bette Midler) is heading down the aisle once more, with pals Alice (Megan Mullally), Kitty (Sheryl Lee Ralph), and Lou (Susan Sarandon) joining her as bridesmaids in Florida’s Key West.
It’s all bonhomie and banter with Marilyn determined to document everything on TikTok. Only there’s a fly in the ointment with Lou harbouring long-standing bitterness over having lost a man to her in their youth.
Things start looking up for Lou when she meets an attractive bar owner (Bruce Greenwood), which ends up making things more complicated.
Breezily directed by Australian Jocelyn Morehouse (The Dressmaker), the film is pure fairy floss, with a sweet line in naughty humour, a nice message about friendship, an energetic Midler, and a cameo by Michael Bolton. What more could you possibly want?
