I am a Melissa McCarthy fan; she was great in “Spy” and “The Heat”.  This movie had so much potential, but I felt it didn’t hold up as well as the others.  The laughs were scarcer, in fact the trailer contained the best bits.  It is never a good sign when a movie features a   whole gang of cute kids being used to get some  cheap laughs.  Melissa doesn’t have to be the tough talking clown in every movie.  I loved her as the subdued housewife in “Saint Vincent”.  I am still not sure why Kathy Bates was in this movie.  Her considerable Oscar caliber talent was wasted in her very brief cameo.  This is not a bad movie, just not a great one.  I would wait until it is offered on Netflix, or better yet, rewatch “Spy” or “The Heat” instead.

Sweet little movie starring Sally Fields as a lonely older woman who has romantic fantasies about a younger co-worker.  She is such a good actress that you almost believe she could pull off this May-December romance reversal.  A nice movie for older couples who will recognize such character actors as Tyne Daly, Stephen Root and Peter Gallagher.