Walking into the movie theatre to see "And So It Goes" directed by Rob
Reiner, starring Michael Douglas as a widower, who no one likes, and
Diane Keaton as a widow wanting to have a career as a lounge singer, who
irritate each other, is all you have to know about the story of the
movie.
You see the jokes coming yet smile and you know Reiner is
going to manipulate your tears which will flow and there isn't any
surprise about the ending because the movie is what you expect and what
you want.
"And So It Goes" is the antithesis of the 20+ sequels and
remakes with robots, car crashes, apes, vampires, bomb burstings,
fights, special effects, etc.
Douglas and Keaton play roles they can
do in their sleep but keep it fresh while Sterling Jerins, as the
granddaughter Douglas didn't know he had and Frances Sternhagen
represnting the 'old' generation as Douglas's work partner add to the
screen whenever they appear.
Austin Lysy, as Jerin's father, and Andy
Karl as another of Douglas's co-workers, in under-witten roles do
better than their roles deserve.
The screenwriter, Mark Andrus, and
director Rob Reiner bring to the screen what their audience wants but I
am still trying to figure out what the 12 executive producers did!