Parents' Guide to The Fabulous Four

This silly senior comedy is both entertaining and somewhat off-putting. It's great that movies featuring main characters over 60 are becoming abundant, including the traditionally underrepresented demographic of older women. And the ensemble in The Fabulous Four is phenomenal, particularly Sarandon as a staid cardiac surgeon who's excellent at repairing others' broken hearts but doesn't really tend to her own. Truly, the four stars are powerhouses who are known for their strong voices: They're known for being able to belt out a song, a performance, and a politically passionate speech like no other.

Given that, while the movie is fun—with several laugh-out-loud moments—it's kind of disappointing that the characters' primary conflict is over one woman "stealing" another's boyfriend, and that the other two are focused primarily on drugs and drinking. Moreover, while Mullally is known for playing confidently inappropriate characters, her rock star character Alice's only dimension here is vice: Her actions and conversations revolve around drinking, getting high, and bedding every young man in her path. (She seems coded as an addict, but the only talk of intervention is over Marilyn's social media obsession.) Putting these four talented women together in a comedy was a fabulous idea, so here's hoping that there's a sequel in which they're given material better suited to them and their audience.