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The Golden Boys (2008)
Director: Daniel Adams
Cast: David Carradine, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern, Mariel Hemingway
Runtime97 min
RatingPG
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Three retired sea captains living together in genteel squalor. They scheme to improve their fortunes by having one of them solicit a bride through an ad in a Boston newspaper. The loser of a coin toss must get married and take in the other two as boarders. But upon the arrival of the Nantucket woman selected from the applicants, the captains get cold feet.
Critical Reception & Ratings
The Golden Boys, a 2008 comedy-romance film directed by Daniel Adams, received a mixed critical reception. While some praised the film's charming performances and lighthearted tone, others felt it lacked depth or originality. The film does not appear to have received any major awards recognition, and its public reception was similarly mixed, with a 6.3/10 rating on IMDb and a 33% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
About
The Golden Boys is a romantic comedy, set on Cape Cod in 1905, about three 70-year-old retired sea captains who try to lure an attractive middle-aged woman into marriage. Developed under the working title Chatham, the film is an adaptation of the Joseph Lincoln novel Cap’n Eri and was released by Roadside Attractions on April 17, 2009.
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