
Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re, former Hollywood siren Helen (Dame Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage. Pooling their limited resources, they hit the road together by coach, ferry, car, and in a foot race to get to the funeral on time, becoming entangled in a love triangle with reclusive Italian millionaire Alb... (Full plot summary below)
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Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re, former Hollywood siren Helen (Dame Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage. Pooling their limited resources, they hit the road together by coach, ferry, car, and in a foot race to get to the funeral on time, becoming entangled in a love triangle with reclusive Italian millionaire Alberto (Franco Nero) along the way. On this unforgettable journey, they find true friendship in one another, and have the time of their lives.
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| The ListMatthew TurnerThe Collinses make an engaging double act and the strength of their performances goes a long way towards papering over some of the script's shortcomings. |
| HeyUGuysStefan PapeA melodrama that makes Dynasty feel like it had been directed by Ken Loach. |
| Globe and MailZosia BielskiThelma and Louise they ain't: dead-weight chemistry between the actresses makes this the road trip from hell. |
| Urban CinefileLouise KellerThere's pathos and laughter in this slim but uplifting tale about second chances in which Joan Collins plays a Hollywood has-been and Pauline Collins is the eternal Shirley Valentine. |
| Stuff.co.nzJames CrootA tale of revelations, rejections and recriminations, Time of their Lives is packed to the gunwales with EastEnders-esque narrative "twists" and now predictable cinematic "senior moments". |
| Time OutKate LloydShould be like a 'Shirley Valentine' sequel, but falls a little flat. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Robbie CollinThe whole enterprise feels like a ten bob knock-off, or a would-be remake that couldn't nab the rights. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Brian VinerIt doesn't seem quite sure whether it wants to be mainly funny or mainly poignant, and in the end, isn't much of either. |
| Radio TimesDavid AldridgeNeither great nor grim but somewhere in between, this is a film for nostalgic older audiences with fond memories of Dynasty, Shirley Valentine and Camelot. |
| Daily Express (UK)Henry FitzherbertA wearying trudge thanks to a silly screenplay that finds few laughs and little genuine emotion despite brazen attempts to pull at the heartstrings. |