Bright Lights – 5

An overlong, pointless documentary about two aged former film stars – Grey Gardens, anyone? – that is ultimately dispiriting, especially as one of the former film stars, Carrie Fisher, is the daughter of the other. Debbie Reynolds, America’s Sweetheart in the ’50s, is still performing, sort of, on the geriatric circuit; whereas Carrie, famous as Princess Leia, has gone to pot and other drugs and looks awful as she smokes and drinks Cokes. The film is certainly not an advertisement for aging, and you can’t help but wish two actresses who have given so much enjoyment to so many couldn’t have a more refined retirement – or at least have said ‘no’ to the documentarians.

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