Just Getting Started (Movie Review)

Official poster for Just Getting Started, directed by Ron Shelton.
(credits - Broad Green Pictures)

Director: Ron Shelton.
Producers: Bill Gerber & Steve Richards.
Written by: Ron Shelton (who also directed the movie).

Main Cast:

Morgan Freeman ------ Duke Diver

Tommy Lee Jones ------ Leo McKay

Rene Russo ------ Suzie Quince

Glenne Headly ---- Margarite
Sheryl Lee Ralph --- Roberta

Joe Pantoliano ----- Joey

Jane Seymour ---- Delilah 

Johnny Mathis --- Himself

Rene Russo in action as Suzie Quince in Just Getting Started.
(credits - Broad Green Pictures)

Release Date: December 8, 2017 (USA).

Running Time: 91 min. 

Box Office: US$22 million / US$7.6 million (box office bomb).

Plot Summary: Duke Diver (Morgan Freeman),a defense lawyer, now manages the luxury resort Villa Capri, in Palm Springs, California. Leo McKay (Tommy Lee Jones, from The Fugitive and Men In Black), an ex-FBI Agent, arrives at the resort and beatens the lawyer at every competition.

Rene Russo between Tommy Lee Jones, director Ron Shelton and Morgan Freeman
in Just Getting Started premiere. (credits - Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Their competition extends to a rivalry over Suzie Quince (Rene Russo), the regional director of the resort chain. During the competitions Duke's life is put in danger multiple times and he realizes that the mafia has found him and is attempting to kill him. Duke and Leo must work together to defeat the mafia and save Duke's life during the Christmas season at Villa Capri.
At the end, after Suzie is rescued from the mafia, she, Duke and Leo end happily together.

Fun Facts about the Movie:

• The original title was called Villa Capri, until September 2017, when the film was retitled to Just Getting Started.
• And it's the second time Rene Russo worked together with Morgan Freeman, the first was in Outbreak (1995). And it was also the second time Rene worked together with Ron Shelton, the first time was in Tin Cup (1996).
• Just Getting Started was Ron Shelton's comeback movie since Hollywood Homicide, of 2003 (starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett).
• Rene Russo said about Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman in US programme Today Show, "I was intimidated by these two at first!"
• Even though the movie was appreciated by the public, it was panned by the critics.

Rene Russo with her dog Romeo in Just Getting Started.
(credits - Broad Green Pictures)

Critical Reception:

• IMDB: 4,3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 5% (unfavorable, 20 reviews).
• Metacritic: 21/100
• CinemaScore: C (A+ to F)

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