With a cast this good, how could it be bad? Well, sadly, it was. It was pretentious and lacking any sense of self-awareness. I made myself watch through to the end but I found myself more perplexed than anything else.

Uninspiring, clichè, predictable, mostly two dimensional characters none of which I felt compelled by….this film seems like one of a number I’ve previously suffered through, except for true casting.

In my opinion, I felt that the movie was very good, behind all this, the filmmaker was able to come up with the right festive details to congratulate the members of the behind-the-scenes team.

I liked the main idea of ​​the movie

A movie featuring three female leads over the age of 70 deserves a plaque and a free dinner at Bob Evans just for existing! The fact that said movie happens to be intelligent, literate, funny, contemplative and thought-provoking makes the cause for celebration that much more warranted. This is admittedly not a movie for everyone, and some viewers will be bored to such an extent the channel will probably be turning within the half hour. But I love dialogue and discussion - I don't need an explosion every ten minutes. And watching characters like these sit around talking about their lives - and often saying more by what is left unsaid - is catnip for me. The fact that the dialogue was improvised by the actors makes the whole thing even more astounding. Performances across the board are superlative - and I wouldn't be surprised to see Bergen end up with a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. A subplot involving a budding relationship between Streep's nephew and her agent detracts a bit from the terrific threesome, but this is a minor quibble. This is also the first movie I've ever seen that makes me remotely consider taking a cruise!

More low key than it should be but we're here for these actors and they will certainly see you through to the end.

I didn't think you could make anything but a great movie when you cast Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest in the same movie. But the famous director proved me wrong. I kept thinking this is an unscripted movie because of the horrible dialogues. But then I learned there was a script writer. And the directing was as good as my nephews high school movie club project.

What a disaster. When you realize that it's nearly over and it still hasn't gone anywhere, it'll make you wonder why you did this to yourself.

Despite of having an amazing cast, this movie doesn't have a punch line, they don't really explain anything, the characters have a lack of personality and soul, leaves a lot to wish, I did love the lighting, but at the end the sensation it gave me was that they had a lot of ideas, great ideas, but didn't know how to make them happen.

Slow-moving, like the transatlantic liner, but pleasant character-study with a touch of some mysteries along the ride. Not surprising that critics liked it much more than the audiences - certainly more of an intellectual movie. The ship itself an extra-character, and very naturalistic since those weren't extras, but the actual crew.

A Steven Soderbergh experiment that didn't work for me. A mostly improvised film shot on a cruise ship with natural lighting, it is a slog at the worst of times and tonally baffling in most others. Lucas Hedges has something happen and you can't tell if they told him something happy or sad. There's drama and there is not much of a reason to care. An easy miss. Candice Bergen plays an unlikable character from a nearby film. Mind-bogglingly bad at times. Final Score: 3/10

How much you like this movie will depend on how well or how little you think the ways Soderbergh and Eisenberg develop the characters (apparently from what Ive read it was semi improvisation. I would have loved to see how much the actors just came up with dialog on their own (usually not what we expect seasoned pros like these women to do), but over this story of a storyteller and her friends and what stories and romance inform the fictions we create is compelling and interesting. The setting makes for these characters to have literate, thoughtful exchanges about how difficult it is to be emotional with one another. In other words, I can see how this is an "experiment" in some way, but it's satisfying to see that this director made sure to craft it into a film and not just a bunch of ramblings that don't come to a head (and this does). It's really about something, about how we reconnect or make new connections and how tenuous those can really be based on what's happened in the past as well as trust issues or just how much a planetarium can bring a man and woman together, and all the while it feels like the setting and style and music are closer to a Golden Age Hollywood movie, but with a Soderbergh twist.

Nice watch, with special emphasis on the performance of Meryl Streep and Lucas Hedges. Wished for a different ending but that's okay.

There is no question that Meryl Streep is one of the most prolific performers of our generation in front of the camera. I would posit that Steven Soderbergh is equally as innovative and stimulating behind the camera. His 30+ year catalogue of films is groundbreaking and filled with keen emotional insight and bold cinematic experimentation. These two entertainment juggernauts teamed up in 2019 to bring the highly entertaining "The Laundramat" to the screen (I reviewed that film back in January). In 2020, they would team again to create "Let Them All Talk". Let Them Talk is the tale of novelist Alice Hughes (Streep) as she makes a transatlantic crossing to the United Kingdom to receive a literary award. Accompanying her aboard the Queen Mary II are old college friends Roberta (Candice Bergen) and Susan (Dianne Wiest), and Alice's nephew, Tyler (Lucas Hedges). Alice spends most of her time onboard working on her next novel rather than actually interacting with her friends, thus it is nephew Tyler who becomes the lynchpin of connectivity between the three women. Years of each woman's success, failure, triumph, animosity, guilt, desperation, betrayal, complacency, anger, disgust, and happiness are all unraveled in a messy and oh so stunted human way. By the film's conclusion we are left pondering how our choices and our tiny decisions in moments, days, months and years can mold the consciousness and journey we undertake, and how those decisions also impact the journeys of others. This is a sublime experiment of filmmaking. Short-story writer Deborah Eisenburg provides a screenplay, but much of the film is left to the improvisation of its stars. Because of this, the film is abundant with something that most fully scripted films lack… awkward silence. Common in real life, silence as one takes time to comprehend what they have heard, and formulate how they will respond, is something normally absent in films where brevity and concern for run-time are deemed more important. Additionally, the majority of the film was completed during an actual two-week Atlantic crossing on the Queen Mary II, and Soderbergh employs minimal camera equipment and uses only the natural lighting of the ship. Some may find this experimental approach a detriment to the film, but I found it to be a wonderful compliment to the story of an author and the observations she has acknowledged, and the realities she has overlooked. I would be remiss not to mention that while all the actors do a wonderful job of independently fleshing out their characters, it is Candice Bergen that rises ever so slightly above her peers. Her character is one that is deeply flawed, resentful and sadly… desperate. She embodies every moment with deftness and aplomb and humanizes a character that could have easily been more one-dimensional in the hands of a less formidable actor. Also of note is the impeccable 1960's jazz soundtrack by Thomas Newman. Let Them All Talk did just that, and they all had something to say. Now the question is how many will actually hear what they (and Soderbergh) talked about.

55 minutes into this movie, and I keep waiting for it to "take off" with the storyline!! It is boring as hell thus far! I dunno if I can continue watching these old broads fumble around with no storyline to guide them! It really is Borrrring so far. I'm gonna try to stick with it and Fingers Crossed it get's interesting Soon! And thus far is not making much sense either. 3 Actresses that I've loved for years, but..............

Really, really boring. Awful, slow. The worst movie ever....

Brilliant, funny, subtle, astonishing, mystifying...

This movie at first appears promising. An old writer who decides to take a ship to the UK to accept her literary award and invites three old friends to go along with her is a promising idea. More so, when we know that she had not seen those in years. But it all becomes sort of boring, flat. And the end is absolutely underwhelming. Not to mention clinically unlikely/ inaccurate.

I appreciate the fact that there are still films that cater to adults. While I applaud the effort, the story just isn't good enough to recommend.

Jackson Barno's performance in this comedy-drama was short, but sweeter than any of his previous acting roles. His passion for the role shone through in each of his appearances, matching the likes of Meryl Streep and Gemma Chan. The budding actor's Hollywood debut is FERRY promising for his future on screen. He has recently been tipped to voice Stitch in the upcoming live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, which will confirm his acting versatility. These two roles should catapult him into the spotlight. There should be a star on the Walk of Fame waiting for his name to be engraved onto!