SummaryWhen 30-year-old self-proclaimed homebody Mack Martin (Elizabeth Lail) reluctantly joins a Palm Springs bachelorette trip for her best friend Carla (Taylour Paige), her inner 70-year-old is released — literally. The frustrated writer and influencer magically transforms into her future self: “Aunt Rita” (Diane Keaton). Freed from the constraints o... Read More
Directed By:Katie Aselton
Written By:Madeline Walter, Paul Welsh
Mack & Rita
Metascore
Mixed or Average
49
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.0
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
15% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
62% Mixed
8 Reviews
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23% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Aug 10, 2022
80
Mack & Rita is silly, but it’s a strong, necessary kind of silly, a warm and embracing kind of silly. Keaton has rarely been so bubbling and bright, reminding us that regardless of age, being true to yourself is all that really counts in a person. The love will come no matter what.
Aug 12, 2022
60
Directed with some unexpected beats by Katie Aselton, the comedy captures a bit of the esprit de girlfriends of HBO’s “Insecure,” but borrows too giddily from the Nancy Meyers rom-com catalog of upscale homes.
Aug 10, 2022
60
The film does, at minimum, convince us that most people would want to transform into Keaton if given the opportunity.
Aug 11, 2022
58
Visually, fusing the story with a warm, contemporary aesthetic makes it a pleasant enough affair. But ultimately, Mack & Rita is a passable work at best for Aselton (Black Rock and The Freebie serve as better showcases for her creative voice), and consequently, it’s unlikely to lead to her soon swapping chairs with the director of the next big-budget blockbuster.
Aug 11, 2022
50
The film misses an opportunity to portray the complexity of one’s 30s — and 70s. Still, Mack & Rita is a quirky movie that reminds the audience to live life to the fullest, whatever age they are.
Aug 10, 2022
38
Maybe if “Rita” had been forced into more bachelorette weekend antics with Paige, bubbly Aimee Carrero and Addie Weyrich, the strain of trying to keep up, comically, with Keaton wouldn’t have been so obvious. As it is, “Mack & Rita” is a criminal waste of seasoned comic talent and a criminal misuse of some of the most beautiful Hollywood starlets coming up behind them.
Aug 11, 2022
0
Virtually no one associated with this film should be congratulated in any way, having ruptured any bridges between Hollywood and senior citizens or for the shocking misuse of Diane Keaton’s considerable skills.
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Aug 13, 2022
3
This is an absolute stinker of a movie. Diane Keaton does her usual schtick - flailing arms, high pitched voice, hands over her face. You’ve seen it all a million times. And wearing the same clothes she always wears: schlumpy sweaters, scarf around her neck, clunky shoes, you’ve seen all that before too. The story is a cliche - a young woman turns into an old woman, not by a gypsy per se, but a man in a traveling tent with an old tanning bed. The acting by most everyone is atrocious. A 40-year-old neighbor of the 30-year-old, now 70, falls in love with the 70-year-old. It’s torture to sit through all this. I say, save your money! Don’t even spend it to stream this dreck. Bright spots are Wendie Malick and Loretta Devine.
Aug 12, 2022
3
Pretty bland, pretty boring. At least Keaton had fun and Taylour Paige got paid.
Production Company:
- CaliWood Pictures
- Hercules Film Fund
- Hungry Bull Productions
- Rhea Films (II)
- Saks Picture Company
Release Date:Aug 12, 2022
Duration:1 h 35 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Old Soul. New Age.
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
