At beginning of movie, we are presented with Nicholson’s character. He’s a sixty-something playboy, involved with a much younger woman, played by Amanda Peet. Very soon, we are treated to impending prospect of these two characters ‘getting it on’. Seated a row or two in front of me was a group of young women, all in their mid to late twenties. As implications of aforementioned scene began to get through to audience, I, and a number of other patrons, overheard one of young women exclaim, ‘Oh God! She’s gonna do Grandpa!’, at which point, there was a ripple of laughter throughout our seating section.

I must admit, I found exclamation not only amusing, but as well, rather ‘telling’, like end of old children’s tale, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’. You know, one where a little child, in his completely honest observation, points out what his elders all know, but refuse to acknowledge, due to old ‘herd’ mentality. In tale, it’s fact that Emperor is not wearing a suit of clothes to die for, no, he is buck-naked! In movie, it’s fact that viewers are to believe that this young woman finds this over-sixty man, sexually attractive, and highly desirable.