Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field and Rita Moreno team up for a trip to the Super Bowl in the charming comedy '80 for Brady.'
Writing duo Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins penned the script, while actor-producer Kyle Marvin makes his feature directorial debut. Based on a unique group of real Tom Brady superfans, “80 for Brady” lands at the juncture of “Book Club” and “Fever Pitch.”
Tomlin’s character, Lou, is the heart of the movie, the biggest superfan of them all, enforcing the group’s superstitions and encouraging them to enter a contest for free tickets. Around her flit Trish , a former “Mayflower Girl” who falls in love easily and often; the recently widowed and grieving Maura ; and Betty , a sharp MIT math professor who likes to remind them all she’s in her 70s, not her 80s.
The cinematography by Oscar winner John Toll is serviceable at best, and visually, there is not much to remark upon, aside from Fonda’s rotating wig wardrobe, which is explained, though that doesn’t make them any less ostentatious. Her look is fit for Dolly Parton, who collaborated on a song for the film, making this a proper “9 to 5” reunion.
The comedy isn’t necessarily groundbreaking, and the story beats are almost painfully predictable, but the picture hangs together thanks to this group of legends and the loose, absurdist humor of the screenplay.
But the true MVP of the picture is Sally Field, who feels the most natural and gets the most hilarious moments. Tomlin is saddled with the pathos, Fonda the romantic drama, while Field’s Betty, free of her needy, nutty professor husband , enters a hot wing eating contest, gets high on edibles and tries out flirting for the first time. It’s her liberating journey that does the impossible for “80 for Brady,” helping it to come back from a cringeworthy trailer to score a touchdown.
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