Never Too Late (2020 film)
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Distributed by | R&R Films[1] |
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Running time | 98 minutes[2] |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Box office | $844,581[3] |
Never Too Late is a 2020 Australian comedy film directed by Mark Lamprell and starring James Cromwell and Jacki Weaver. The film also features Dennis Waterman, Roy Billing, Jack Thompson and Shane Jacobson.
Plot
Four former
Bronson, an American, was their leader and has feigned symptoms to be near Norma, once an Army nurse with whom he fell in love, but is now a widow suffering Alzheimer's disease. His leadership is blamed by the others for their incarceration in Vietnam. Caine would love to go sailing on his yacht but is restrained for his own safety. Wendell is a wheelchair-bound former bikie and bank robber: he still wears gloves,
After several foiled attempts, they escape in a hearse, pick up Bruce and while Wendell and his son are watching the game at
Cast
- James Cromwell as Jack Bronson
- Dennis Waterman as Jeremiah Caine
- Roy Billing as James Wendell
- Shane Jacobson as Bruce Wendell
- Jack Thompson as Angus Wilson
- Jacki Weaver as Norma McCarthy
- Renee Lim as Lin (matron in charge)
- Zachary Wan as Elliot (her son, an orderly)
- Edmund Pegge as Howard[4][5]
Production
Never Too Late was directed by Mark Lamprell, written by Grant Carter and Luke Preston, produced by Antony I. Ginnane and David Lightfoot, with executive producers Jack Christian and Kirk D'Amico.[4]
The film was shot in
Soundtrack
The film features original music by
Release
The film premiered at Adelaide's Young at Heart Festival on 19 February 2020.[12][13] It was scheduled to be released digitally in the United States on 10 July 2020.[citation needed]
It was distributed by R&R Films.[1]
Critical reception
Never Too Late received mixed reviews, earning an approval rating of 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews.
- "With this line-up, Lamprell should have turned the film into a celebration of some great screen careers. Instead, it winds up as a sad waste of talent."[14]
- Standard and sentimental. You can see where it's going, but it's fun and benign anyway to see how they work this out.[15]
Notes
- ^ The real-life winner of the 1973 Brownlow Medal was Keith Greig; he won it again in 1974.
References
- ^ a b "Never Too Late". R&R FILMS. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "NEVER TOO LATE". www.classification.gov.au. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Never Too Late (2020)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ a b Screen Guide: Never Too Late, Screen Australia. Accessed 17 February 2020.
- ^ Maddox, Garry (16 April 2019) Life still busy over 70 for stars of new 'triumph over ageing' comedy, The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- If Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Debelle, Penelope (6 March 2019) Stellar cast in Adelaide for shooting of war vets breakout comedy, The Advertiser. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Debelle, Penelope (20 April 2019) Stellar cast finish filming in Adelaide for Vietnam war comedy movie Never Too Late, Sunday Mail. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Iannella, Antimo (12 April 2019) Why Port and Crows fans are sitting together at Adelaide Oval, The Advertiser. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Angela Little — Hitting the Right Notes". FilmInk. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ ""Never Too Late" Soundtrack announced". Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Groves, Don (11 February 2020) US deal for Mark Lamprell's 'Never Too Late', If Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Korsten, Tracey (18 February 2020). "Young at Heart Film Festival Opens Tomorrow". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Sandra Hall. "'Sad waste': Even Jacki Weaver and Jack Thompson can't save this film". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Peter Rainer. "Never Too Late". Film Week.
External links
- Never Too Late at IMDb
- Never Too Late at AllMovie
- Never Too Late at Rotten Tomatoes
- Never Too Late at Metacritic