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Book Club (2018)

Book Club poster
Directed by
Bill Holderman
Genre
comedy film, romantic comedy, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 835 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four longtime friends in their 60s start a book club and read Fifty Shades of Grey. The book inspires each of them to rethink their love lives and try new things.

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What happens

Book Club is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Bill Holderman (in his directorial debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with Erin Simms. The film stars Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen as four friends who read Fifty Shades of Grey as part of their monthly book club, and subsequently begin to change how they view their personal relationships. The film was released on May 18, 2018, by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing over $104 million worldwide against its $14 million budget. A sequel, Book Club: The Next Chapter, was released in May 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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