Give Steven Soderbergh credit. In his 30-plus-year career behind the camera, the former Baton Rouge director still surprises.
If a gambler told me, Soderbergh s next movie involves three grandmas on a cruise ship, I would ve scoffed. Yet, here I am, writing about the filmmaker s latest, low-key drama, Let Them All Talk.
Now available on HBO Max, Let Them All Talk isn t merely about old timers taking one last vacation. True to form, the one thing that doesn t surprise is that Soderbergh s movies are never
that simple.
On the surface, the film revolves around a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Alice Hughes (played by Meryl Streep). The recipient of a prestigious writing award and with a new manuscript due, Hughes brings her nephew Tyler (Lucas Hedges), and two friends, Roberta (Candice Bergen) and Susan (Dianne Wiest), along for the ride.