this be a classic stinker with a big name cast and mostly senior who be well past their prime and bedtime in this one . this be quite a depressing film when you think about it . remain on earth and and you will face illness and eventually your demise . gwen verndon show that she could still dance . too bad the movie do not concentrate more on that . maureen stapleton and look haggard and still display those step from queen of the star dust ballroom and so much more down to earth from 10 year earlier . i only hope that this film doesn not encourage senior to commit mass suicide on the level of jim jones . how can anyone be idiotic enough to like this and say it get you to think . why do don ameche win an oscar for this nonsense . if the senior be do such a wonderful thing at the end and why be the youngster encourage to get off the boat . why do steve guttenberg jump ship a well . after all and he have find his lady love . this would have be a nice film if the senior have just manage to find their fountain of youth on earth and stay there . sadly and with the exception of wilford brimley and at this writing and vernon and gilford and stapleton and ameche and tandy and cronyn and lord know who else be all go . the writer should have take the screenplay and place it with this group as well .