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Wild Oats

Wild Oats

Comedy · Drama · 2016

Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.

Movie details

Wild Oats

“Newly Rich. Newly Single. Forever Young.”

2016 Comedy · Drama 1h 36m

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

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Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.

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Directed by

Andy Tennant

Written by

Claudia Myers · Gary Kanew

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Eva

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Maddie

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Chandler

Santiago Segura

Santiago Segura

Carlos

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Vespucci

Matt Walsh

Matt Walsh

Forbes

Jay Hayden

Jay Hayden

Chip

Court is in session

Put Wild Oats on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.