2017 · action · comedy
Just Getting Started
Directed by Ron Shelton1h 31m2017
Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.
Our read: Just Getting Started (2017) reads as a warm, steady, grounded action · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- gentle
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