Fresh
This Borscht Belt version of King Lear, recently given a limited theatrical release, will find its true home on video and cable.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Checking Out
It ain't over 'til his family says so!
2005 · 1h 34m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Jeff Hare
Overview
A feisty octogenarian on the verge of his ninetieth birthday invites his three grown children to his upcoming birthday celebration with the explicit understanding that when the festivities end, so does his life.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Funny is funny, and there's no denying that much of Checking Out is agreeably entertaining in a Neil Simon Lite fashion.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten
If this is a good example of the sort of long-forgotten plays that movie producers are unearthing, maybe theater critics need to start digging those graves a little deeper.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
Only Laura San Giacomo, as Morris's lonely daughter, Flo, transcends the staginess of the premise and the creakiness of Richard Marcus's screenplay to deliver a performance that feels remotely natural.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
A lame comedy full of wooden acting, schmaltz, cliches and racial stereotypes.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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