Word: listless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reveal their worst sins. Going in Style announces its mediocrity right away. As the heroes (George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg) are first seen sitting on a park bench in Queens and making introductory small talk, Going in Style lapses into immediate and terminal catatonia. The actors are listless. The camera does not move. The lines are separated by silences that would give Harold Pinter pause. One strong whiff of Going in Style, and the audience is transported directly to slumberland. For the next 90 minutes, there is little reason to stir. By telling the story of three elderly...