Golden Years

"The so called “grey dollar” – not to be confused with the pink one – is something of a cinematic growth market, as the proliferation of Red and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel fare attests. Similarly talent-heavy but thrill-light is John Miller’s genial UK geri-com. Written by, of all people, TV DIY doyen Nick Knowles, it gives the brilliant Bernard Hill (Lord Of The Rings) a rare lead role, alongside a cast of silver stalwarts including Phil Davis (Quadrophenia), Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Una Stubbs (TV’s Sherlock)."

"It’s amiable enough if you’re not expecting much, but the story lacks energy and the production values are as lazy as the characterisation."

"There are the seeds of something interesting here, but premise and talent are ill-served by crude and cliched characterisation and thudding execution..."

"Fans of TV shows like New Tricks and movies like Waking Ned Devine and Saving Grace will lap up the oldies-behaving-badly and slapstick farce of this amiable British comedy."

"[A] flat-footed farce, which never delivers on its full comic potential."