Last Vegas is likeable and good natured, but it isn't very funny. There are some laughs here and there, but they're all very broad and easy to see coming. The guys are old so they don't know who 50 Cent is! Kevin Kline doesn't know the Madonna impersonator he's hitting on is a man in drag! Things like that.
Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro were ok but they didn't do anything special. Douglas is acting like himself - rich, smug and generally happy with himself. He's about to marry a woman half his age. De Niro is a grumpy old man the whole time, still depressed about the death of his wife.
The ones who bring the movie to life are Kevin Kline and Morgan Freeman. Kline's wife has given him a free pass to cheat on her, going so far as to give him a card saying "What happens in Vegas ..." with a condom and a viagra. Kline's character has been in kind of a funk, and he's excited for this trip. He's so happy his wife gave him a freebie that he doesn't stop to think about what it would be like if he actually went through with it. He also doesn't realize that good looking young women aren't exactly interested in an old guy like him. The scenes with him hitting on women are actually kind of cute because he's so clueless and sweet.
But Morgan Freeman is having the most fun in this movie. I don't think I've ever seen him smile this much. He's excited to go on the trip because it gets him away from his overprotective son. He's there to have a good time and he's just a nice, easygoing presence.
The end of the movie gets rather dramatic and poignant. Michael Douglas has a really nice scene where he breaks down a little and talks about what it's like to grow old. I was moved by this scene but it was too little, too late. Overall the movie is a bit of a disappointment, but it's not too bad. It's not worth a trip to the theater but it would be ok as a rental.
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