Senior Moment

Shatner and Smart can be remarkably charming, but their talents are underserved by this lackluster, predictable romcom, which is neither romantic nor comedic enough to be memorable. While it's wonderful to see the 90-year-old Shatner continue to play a love interest and for late 60-something Smart to get cast as a leading lady, neither star has much to do in this watchable but unremarkable movie that you'll likely be able to predict the entire plot of within the first 15 minutes. Shatner's character, Victor Martin, brings to mind Jack Nicholson's iconic womanizing former astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment, with his love of fast cars and younger women -- until he meets an age-appropriate woman who can call him out on his nonsense. But that's where the comparison ends.

Senior Moment isn't an epic relationship drama, and that's fine. But it's also not more than a fleeting amusement, a reminder of how there should be better, more substantive movies featuring older couples. Lloyd and Morales are both criminally underused, and for most of the movie, it makes no sense how Morales fits into the story. Morales is the "young" hunk of this movie, so it doesn't compute how he can be the less obvious suitor in a seeming love triangle ... until the most obvious of plot reveals. Those who want to support romances featuring older characters may want to check this out, but far more effective examples of the subgenre include Ordinary Love, Our Souls at Night, and most of Nancy Meyers' filmography.