paul weitz

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are obviously NOT Moving On. They’re back on the big screen again, in a little over a month, co-starring with a smarmy Malcolm McDowell and a suave Richard Roundtree in a rated R for revenge comedy that’s more Grace and Frankie than 80 for Brady. Moving On tells the story of long time friends, Claire and Evelyn, who reunite at the funeral of their college bestie, Joyce. Claire (Fonda) is there for retribution. To right a wrong. To go Dirty Harriet on Joyce’s grieving husband played by McDowell. Evelyn (Tomlin) returns to reveal a long kept secret and act as Claire’s sidekick. Tomlin is Ethel to Fonda’s Lucy, but she ends up with all the laughs.

A good friend knows your rhythms, your flaws, and your secrets, no matter how long it’s been since you’ve seen each other. The droll comedy Moving On knows this in its bones, balancing an on-the-fly murder plot with genuine depth about growing older and cherishing the people who matter. It’s fun all the way through, made even more delightful by the lived-in, playful chemistry of stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.