Lawyers and judges have difficulty figuring out whether the elder is so impaired that the romanceis someone taking advantage or the romanceis a legitimate choice for a lonely elder to make in his later years.
It is hard to divine the purpose behind this pastiche: is the director, Peyton Reed, making sport of the innocent froth that passed forromance in a more innocent era, or is he aiming to revive it as a straight exercise in retro style?
She is watching the same TV show that he is (whiskey half drained on his coffee table, Chinese takeout in his lap), and although this fact assures us of a destined romance, it is not so useful for the people on the screen.