The women prove to be a sensation
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:52 am
In this telling, they’re Maura (Moreno), a recent widow with a new admirer (Glynn Turman); Trish (Fonda), a former car-commercial spokesmodel who’s turned to writing steamy football-themed romance novels; Betty (Field), a retired MIT math professor whose still-working husband (Bob Balaban) is overly dependent on her; and ringleader Lou (Tomlin), who accidentally became a Brady fan while enduring chemotherapy treatments 16 years before. (She seems fine now, although a daughter played by Sara Gilbert keeps calling to check on her health.)
Three of the women are over 80, while Betty keeps reminding everyone she’s just 75. The junior (and least glamorous) member of the quartet even alters the “80” on one of the matching No. 12 jerseys the pals all wear.
Lou is motivated to plan a trip to Houston for the epochal 2017 Super Bowl when a Brady bobblehead briefly comes to life and gives her a wink. (It’s the first of several amiable cameos for the quarterback, who’s one of the telegram database movie’s producers.) She, Trish and Betty emancipate Maura from her senior-living facility, and they all head to Texas. in Houston, where they swagger to a score heavy on 1970s-style funk by the likes of Kool & the Gang, Hot Chocolate and Con Funk Shun.
Screenwriters Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins (“Booksmart”) place predictable roadblocks in their path, but the Brady super fans’ trip plays as a series of triumphs. Ultimately, the women insist on a pivotal role in the outcome of the big game, which is condensed into a few highlights of official NFL footage.
But before that, Maura reveals herself as a gambling genius, Betty prevails in a hot-wings-eating contest hosted by Guy Fieri, Trish enthralls a new beau (Harry Hamlin) and fans of her books, and all earn cheers while impersonating dancers in a halftime show whose choreographer is played by Billy Porter.
Three of the women are over 80, while Betty keeps reminding everyone she’s just 75. The junior (and least glamorous) member of the quartet even alters the “80” on one of the matching No. 12 jerseys the pals all wear.
Lou is motivated to plan a trip to Houston for the epochal 2017 Super Bowl when a Brady bobblehead briefly comes to life and gives her a wink. (It’s the first of several amiable cameos for the quarterback, who’s one of the telegram database movie’s producers.) She, Trish and Betty emancipate Maura from her senior-living facility, and they all head to Texas. in Houston, where they swagger to a score heavy on 1970s-style funk by the likes of Kool & the Gang, Hot Chocolate and Con Funk Shun.
Screenwriters Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins (“Booksmart”) place predictable roadblocks in their path, but the Brady super fans’ trip plays as a series of triumphs. Ultimately, the women insist on a pivotal role in the outcome of the big game, which is condensed into a few highlights of official NFL footage.
But before that, Maura reveals herself as a gambling genius, Betty prevails in a hot-wings-eating contest hosted by Guy Fieri, Trish enthralls a new beau (Harry Hamlin) and fans of her books, and all earn cheers while impersonating dancers in a halftime show whose choreographer is played by Billy Porter.