Home Show Poms
Rob, Jen, and Don review Poms, a film written and directed by Zara Hayes about a group of women who form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community. Jen, who attended a screening with her mother, found the 90-minute PG-13 film engaging and well-paced, with good humor that doesn't rely on age-based jokes, and would see it again at a matinee.
About this episode
Key takeaways
- The film centers on Diane Keaton's character joining a retirement community and starting a cheerleader squad after discovering a cheerleading uniform
- The script is well-written and believable, with good pacing that doesn't feel rushed at 91 minutes
- Humor is not primarily age-based; the film focuses on themes of living life on your own terms rather than using elderly stereotypes as comedy
- The movie works as both a date film and one you can comfortably watch with your mother without uncomfortable moments
- The audience was engaged throughout, with viewers cheering, clapping, and laughing together at the same moments
Q&A
Did attending with her mother enhance Jen's experience?
Yes, she enjoyed it more having her mom with her and notes there were no cringe-worthy moments sitting next to her
What is the premise of Poms?
A group of women in a retirement community form a cheerleading squad after Diane Keaton's character finds an old cheerleading uniform
How does the film handle humor about aging and retirement?
The age and retirement setting are present but not used as a crutch for comedy; the film emphasizes that people's life stage doesn't define them
Would Jen see this film again, and how far would she go?
Yes, she would see it again at a matinee showing, possibly with margaritas
Read Transcript
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Greetings Empire member and or members what what is going on right now that's a greeting I haven't heard in like five months but it's okay because the home shows are back so glad that you are with us because this is the 456th so good that you're here my name is Rob I am the executive producer of the clubhouse podcast it's just good to be back man I'm very excited I'm so excited I might have a megaphone you don't know let's go around the day I sitting across from me and the co-host here is the lady of the house and the most important person to this particular episode because she saw the movie the rest of us didn't she is Jen Rome hello friend hello everyone rounding out the day is the official fact checker of this show and I am very afraid to push this button right now but I'm contractually obligated to but I also am contractually obligated to do this if I have to you may know him as Iqbunu but his mom and even Don Ford I'm gonna call him Don Ford what's up brother so this is what it's like to be back again it is it's good you know it's good to do the home shows again as part of the vocal network you know we do these these reviews shows for those of you that may be late to the game we had some repairs done here at the home studio that would kind of hinder us from being able to do these for a long time but we still did our written reviews at www.theclubhousebokest.com that's our website eight one thing though because this is going to relate to this interview I literally was an interview I mean this review I saw okay I literally went on the internet it looked at their site and I literally thought about trying out for the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders because it does not say you have to be a female I was going to show up in my sweats why not so I'm saying about that whatever we do one of these it is to review something and this is no exception Zara Hayes writes and directs palms for we start this whole thing yes sir we got to be our kinder best friends all right in the great market we haven't done that in forever either we love our vendors they let us see movies and events so we can talk to you guys about them and you guys can figure out the best use for your entertainment dollar and remember we are a proud member of the vocal now network go to vocal now dot com vok al now dot com book market download the vocal now app check us out as well as our spin-off show the cheap pop cast every Sunday that's what we do all right so let's get into this so any haul Carla from cheers and Jackie Brown our cheerleaders huh Diane Keaton Pam Greer Rhea Pearlman Bruce McGill is in this so I haven't had to change the region rooms written review yet currently located at www dot the clubhouse podcast dot com that's our website but from the gist of it I'm just gonna read the M. Deb here a group of women form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community all right this thing's right at 90 minutes long PG 13 let's just dive right into this general and this being mother's day weekend general got to take her mom with her as the plus one so let's just start there in this kind of a film do you think you enjoyed it more or less by having your mom with you I want to say I enjoyed it more okay I know there's another screening next week that my red hat group has actually been invited to go in regalia oh model top and I think that would have been the only way better to have seen it is with all of them but I'll never turn down the opportunity to do something fun with my mama and it was really nice there were none of those cringe were the adulty oh my gosh I'm sitting next to my mother this is happening on the screen moments good so there's none of those so all of this comes from Diane's Keaton's character right so if I read your review correctly she joins this retirement community and she has to be a part of something yes and so this is what she goes with she decides she doesn't like any of her options and her because solo synchronized underwater basket weaving not exactly a paralle well quilting quilting be hey none wrong with quilting the southern bells my moderate does the quilting you have to be from the south and she's from New York but she's going through some of her stuff and her neighbor comes across her cheerleading uniform and they decide among some other things happen and they decide they're going to start a cheer squad or a cheer club okay and they find out from the queen bee of the community that they need at least eight members so they have auditions and some of these women's have some really good moves still it's it's kind of impressive did an hour thirty one feel right did it feel rushed I mean I feel like this is it didn't feel rushed it was kind of like the perfect length the script was well done it was believable you you felt like some of this really could happen and it really would happen that way okay there was a little bit where it was kind of like okay for the sake of a movie we're gonna have this reaction here but it went with the story okay and I can't give that away or it gives away some of the what was there kind of a bad mom's vibe to this do you have like the her her antagonist if you will being the prim and proper this is the way things are done in the retirement community where she's kind of rebelling against it was there a vibe there for that well there was that queen bee character but she was only in bits and pieces of it okay I think to create a little bit of that vibe you had the conversation I mean there's language in this and you had some conversations because this is obviously a retirement community and you have more women than men and their comment of oh I was hoping it was a man that was gonna move in next door and some conversations that go along the themes of that but really nothing nothing truly surprising I mean you can kind of figure out what's gonna happen and how it's gonna happen and when it's gonna happen but I really like the way they did it you know it does touch a little bit on mortality because you are in a retirement community I'm halfway to 90 I get it you know it also was live life the way you want to live it okay you get to a point where people don't get to tell you what to do you get to tell them what to do you've lived enough years come on all right that's the boss of me yeah and there's a few little subplots with it that add you know it just helps with the flow of the story and makes it a little more believable any downsides to this not truly okay not truly good the audience as I have in my written review at www dot the clubhousepodcast.com that's our website the audience I was with was a mixed crowd there were a good range of ages good range of men women and all different walks of life amongst making that combination but the whole audience was cheering together you know we were clapping along with stuff we were laughing we were going oh at the same moment there's the gasps at the same moment so it really was something that everyone in there could follow and enjoy good all right anything else you want to talk about don any questions you have not really was a plot really good flowing and stuff like that got good comedy of mix of comedy dealing with the old age on this film would you say I wouldn't say all day I mean elderly people the retirement home retirement age people it wasn't so much the humor aimed at their age I mean the age is there it's obviously there but they didn't play on it as much as they weren't using it as a crush okay good okay and that's important because yeah that's like films like this content to do that yeah and I didn't feel like that was a crutch it was a okay so this is where you are in life but that doesn't mean anything doesn't define you all right anything else for the final analysis no all right the way it's it's a good date movie and it's one you can take your mom and you're not gonna cringe sitting next to her I believe me those are a few and far between anymore the way we do the final analysis on this show we're not gonna give you thumbs up thumbs down we're not gonna give you letter grades numbers megaphone's anything like that I'm gonna ask the general up to two questions question number one is would she see this film again if the answers know that we're done here but if the answers yes then the follow-up question is gonna be how far would she be willing to go to do so from the best of the best to the worst of the best here's the spectrum full price to the theater down to a twilight showing down to a matinee down to an early morning on a weekend down to second one at the dollar theater down to leaving the house to get it from red box down to streaming it on your favorite streaming service because we can't just say Netflix anymore because 150 of them down to wait for it on cable general would you see palms again yes how far you want to go to do it I would do a matinee with my most is margaritas something to help enjoy it a little more there you go there you have it this is why we do this we do this for the kids it is Zera Hayes writing co-writing and directing palms for insolving yes you're gonna think Bianca and her best friends again and I think they're gonna use that one of these days I am I am holding on to hope we are such big fans of our vendors they give us the opportunity to see films before their release so that we can talk to you guys about them so if it wasn't for them we wouldn't we'd be doing these like after the movies came out and you're like well Rob I already saw it and I disagree with you now you don't have to disagree with us and that's important all right let's do the plugs visit our website the app for mention www dot the clubhouse podcast dot com find out everything you need to know and some stuff you don't follow us 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