![]() ![]() Forced to take public transportation for the first time, he meets his polar opposite in Caroline (Jean Smart) and learns to navigate love and life again as he goes up against the state’s new District Attorney to get back his license and car. However, his life changes when his license is revoked for drag racing and his car impounded. The film - directed by Giorgio Serafini from a script by Kurt Brungardt and Christopher Momenee - follows Victor Martin (Shatner), a retired NASA test pilot often seen speeding around Palm Springs in his vintage Porsche convertible with his best friend Sal (Lloyd) in tow. Comments posted to may be reprinted in the Easy Reader print edition, which is published each Thursday.Veteran screen legends Christopher Lloyd ( Back to the Future) and William Shatner ( Star Trek) get stopped by the police in this exclusive first-look image from upcoming comedy Senior Moment, from which Film Mode Entertainment is screening footage at the virtual European Film Market. Victor Martin (William Shatner) is a retired NASA test pilot often seen speeding around Palm Springs in his vintage Porsche convertible with his best friend. Opening March 26 in select theaters and VOD. I don’t think there’s anything she can’t do and if you doubt it, watch HBO’s “Watchmen” or “Fargo” (the TV series) or any of the other television series that featured her. That she has found warmth and depth in such a shallow pool is simply amazing. Even with nothing original to say or do, she is riveting. And better still, if you are viewing with VLC on your Pc, you can easily drag and drop the SRT file over the playing movie, and it should work correctly. car is impounded and hes forced to navigate life and. Select option or tools, then click on subtitles then add the just downloaded Senior Moment subtitles to the player from its location, and it should start displaying right away. Even in a movie such as this, he brings a breath of fresh air and sly humor to something stale.Īnd darn that Jean Smart! Her virtual presence in this clunker guarantees some eyeballs because she is always so very good no matter what the material. The Romantic Comedy SENIOR MOMENT Starring WILLIAM SHATNER and Christopher Lloyd films in Palm Springs. Jack Nicholson got an Oscar for his performance Shatner will not.Įsai Morales, for the few moments he’s in the film, makes you realize how under-utilized he is as an actor. The director and writers were doing him no favors in patterning his character after Jack Nicholson’s character in “Terms of Endearment.” Martin drives a sports car Martin is commitment-phobic Martin is a retired NASA pilot. It’s always fun to watch Shatner but he doesn’t bring anything to this role that he didn’t bring to his Priceline commercials. He does not, however, look 70, which is the age he’s chosen for his character. He’s actually 90 and really doesn’t look it. William Shatner plays William Shatner, although at an unrealistic age. Which brings us to the acting, especially since nothing good can be said about the writing or direction. Jean Smart is a client of William Morris Endeavor and without her there is no there there – the very definition of self-dealing.Įsai Morales and Jean Smart in “Senior Moment.” Photo courtesy of Screen Media Films. This film, co-produced by Endeavor Content, is one of the best examples I can think of why talent agencies should be out of the production business. ![]() ![]() You can fill in the blanks for what remains by answering the following questions: Will Martin get his car and license back? Will he get Caroline back? Will he grow up? Will they live happily ever after?Ĭlearly the film was able to get funding because of the stars attached – Jean Smart as Caroline, William Shatner as Martin, Christopher Lloyd as Martin’s best friend Sal, and Esai Morales as Caroline’s artist friend Diego. Martin’s possessiveness drives Caroline away and both are bereft. Smitten, Martin believes he has finally found the one Caroline feels the same way until…the green-eyed monster rears up and Martin spies Caroline with Diego, a prominent local artist. Enter Caroline, the proprietor of the local café and a supporter of ecological causes. Martin, who ridicules his friends and their senior citizen activities is now carless and purposeless. Arrested for reckless driving, both his license and his Porsche are taken from him. Never married, Martin is narcissistic to the ultimate degree and is convinced that the rules don’t apply to him. Seventy-something Victor Martin, retired test pilot, resides in Palm Springs and lives for his Porsche. “Senior Moment,” directed by Giorgio Serafini and written by first timers Kurt Brungardt and Christopher Momenee, is not a terrible movie, it’s just not a good one. ![]()
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