Now in their late forties, Joe, Terry, and Owen are living out the realities of no longer being young enough to believe anything and everything is possible, and yet, they are also staggering to still make the most of the many years remaining of their lives.
The pilot of this show premiered on December 7, 2009, and the hour long episodes will be shown at 10pm on Mondays on TNT, following the popular series, The Closer.
Ray Romano as Joe
Joe owns a party goods store, and had a problem with gambling. Separated from his wife, he worries that his relationship to his children is dwindling.
Romano is pleasant, but not as such impressive in his performance, which requires the contribution of some more sophisticated detail touches.
Andre Braugher as Owen
Owen, who suffers from diabetes, is happily married with children, but he remains unhappy in his job because he works for his unappreciative father.
Braugher most immediately captures audience attention, and thereby, his character is initially perhaps the most interesting of the three main characters.
Scott Bakula as Terry
Terry is an actor, who is working at an office job because he is growing reluctant to keep going to auditions.
Bakula is immediately conveys his outwardly easy going character with natural ease, and he also exposes the inner vulnerability of his character with impressive understatement.
Target Audience – Men vs. Women
Men may find it entertaining, but they may also find it either discomforting or unrealistic. Women may be drawn to it as some sort of bizarre guide to understanding the inner thoughts of the men in their lives, but it is unlikely to satisfy the majority of female taste or fantasy, so the show will probably face a difficulty of who will watch it.
Equally, what age range will be interested in regularly watching this on television?
Critiquing Men of a Certain Age
This show has noticeable potential, but it is better advertised than actually executed.
The failed attempt at artistic filming presents the greatest hindrance to enjoying watching the show. Since it seems to aim to show a realistic glance at middle age, it is understandable that it would be filmed with less focus on pretty appearance, but the semi-documentary style of filming sadly seems amateurish, instead ruining the realism by making viewers very aware of watching a filmed show rather than a slice of life.
The premise and story deserves merit because the situations and character interaction is more realistic than most shows, so it would be possible to empathize or identify with the characters.
Elizabeth Fredericks - Elizabeth Fredericks is a graduate of Oxford University, and she has worked as a freelance writer since her first paid assignment as a ...
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