For the old and the old at heart...and that's a good description of me...and why I liked this movie.

First off, you've got 4 wonderful actors in the lead roles: Michael Douglas is terrific as an oldster who is about to marry a much younger woman...so he can keep his young image. Robert De Niro has, perhaps, the best role here as an old man whose wife has died and whose soul has died; Vegas gets him out of his frump. Morgan Freeman...what can one say about him; is there anything he can't do. Kevin Kline is a favorite of mine, but somehow he just didn't seem old enough here...although he plays his role well.

Then, you've got a fine supporting cast: Mary Steenburgen is swell as the woman who brings De Niro back to life and tempts Douglas...bringing up to date the old rivalry of two friends. Jerry Ferrara is pretty good as a young swinging single who isn't any too clever...but adds a lot to the story. Romany Malco's role here doesn't get a lot of screen time, but he is rather engaging. Why did Michael Ealy take such a small role as Freeman's son; he's capable of much more! And then you've got a pretty decent story: Four old friends (and I do mean old) who have known each other from their teens to their 60s head to Vegas to celebrate one of their upcoming marriages. Douglas is trying to recapture youth. Kline thinks he is ready for marital infidelity (with his wife's permission). De Niro has lost his zest for life and holds a grudge against Douglas. Freeman isn't quite ready to be truly old...even though he son treats him as if he should be in a nursing home. Will Douglas marry the young thing, or will true love be discovered? The first third of the movie was funny and interesting. The last third gets down to the drama that makes the film meaningful. The middle third gets a little old (so to speak) as one tires of the continual stereotypical jokes about old people. But, sitting in the theater, the audience was clearly enjoying this film with plenty of laughs-out-loud.

There are life lessons to be learned here, and this is a film worth seeing.

Side note: I don't find Vegas -- as portrayed here -- as someplace I'd like to visit. It just seemed decadent and not-real. Made me wish there were some references to Dino and the Rat Pack! But then again, I'm old!

I rented this movie over the weekend; and it did not disappoint. It has an all-star cast of De Niro, Freeman, Douglas, and Kline. The film starts out in the 50's about 10 minutes of it, going back to their childhood; then 58 years later the laughs begin. I watched it with my mom and she loved it. A story of 4 childhood friends that get together to throw their friend a bachelor party in Vegas. This is one of the best comedies I have seen in years. It's a movie that everyone will enjoy, young, middle age, and old. What is so great about this movie besides the laughs, is the lesson they all learn before going home. I look at this film and say to myself you are never too old to have a great time.

Kris L. CocKayne

"Last Vegas" is about four close childhood friends who call themselves the Flatbush Four: Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam. They are now living their own lives in different parts of the US. Sam (Kevin Kline) is in Florida, wallowing in a boring marriage. Archie (Morgan Freeman) is confined by his son in his New Jersey house because he recently survived a stroke. Paddy (Robert De Niro) remains in Brooklyn, and could not stop mourning the death of his dear wife. When 70 year-old Malibu bachelor Billy (Michael Douglas) decides finally to tie the knot with Lisa, his 30 year-old girlfriend, the four pals get together for his bachelor's party in Vegas. As the raucous Vegas party atmosphere makes for a randy reunion, the virtues of genuine friendship and even true love still manage to rule their memorable weekend getaway.

Kevin Kline was very delightful here. His character Sam was the one looking forward to youthful female diversion, so he gets into the raunchiest situations. Morgan Freeman manages to inject quiet dignity into a role that required him to do a prolonged daddy-dancing scene. This could have been merely played for shallow laughs by a lesser actor. These two fun characters manage to steal the film from the two main characters.

Robert de Niro seems to always be shoehorned into these grumpy old curmudgeonly characters nowadays. Paddy had the most interesting story of the four friends, but de Niro played him like his typical characters of late, with the same acting tics. It became rather familiarly uninteresting. Fortunately, his brilliance as an actor did shine through toward the end.

Michael Douglas plays Billy so naturally, like the aging Lothario he really is in real life. Despite being the central character and the main reason they are in Vegas in the first place, oddly, he seems to be upstaged by his other co-actors. I would have to commend him on having the guts to ride that extreme ride on the rooftop of a skyscraper, which you simply have to see to believe.

Of the supporting cast, I would have to tip my hat to Mary Steenburgen, who played dear Diana Boyle, an aging lounge singer in a second-rate Vegas casino. Despite being 61, she can really brighten up the screen with her radiant beauty and sweet charisma, even with all the young hot models strutting their stuff behind her. Lest it be forgotten, like Douglas, de Niro, Freeman and Kline, Steenburgen is also an Oscar winner for acting (Melvin and Howard, 1980).

With Las Vegas and a wedding in the synopsis, I thought this would only be a rehash of another hit buddy film "The Hangover," only with senior citizen actors. It really started that way, with a lot of Vegas decadence going on, with wild swimsuit contests and nightclubs. There were even hilarious cameos by Redfoo (of LMFAO) and 50 Cent. However, as the story developed, we learn more about the relationship of the four friends. We eventually identify with their situations, and appreciate the good heart and intentions of this film. I actually enjoyed this film very much. 7/10.