Starring: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Tom Brady, Harry Hamlin, Billy Porter, Rob Gronkowski, Guy Fieri, Bob Balaban, Glynn Turman, Ron Funches, Jimmy O. Yang
OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆
Story:
Comedy directed and co-written by Kyle Marvin. Inspired by a true story, 80 for Brady (2023) centers on four best friends, Lou, Trish, Maura, and Betty (Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field), living life to the fullest, who take a life-changing trip to Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
Our Favorite Quotes:
'We can't live in the past. No matter how good or how bad it was.' - Lou (80 for Brady) Share on X
Best Quotes
Maura: [as they game is about to start] I think it’s a fun tradition.
Trish: Yeah, because you’re sitting on the couch, drinking tea.
Maura: Yeah, sipping. Drinking is vulgar. I sip.
Maura: Oh, there’s Tom.
Lou: Oh, what a beautiful man.
Trish: Gorgeous.
Lou: He’s so well hydrated.
Trish: I prefer Gronkowski these days.
Betty: We know Trish. We’ve all read your Gronk erotica.
Trish: It’s not erotica. It’s fan fiction. Very sexy fan fiction.
Betty: No kidding.
Lou: You’re the original Mayflower Girl.
Betty: You’re just as beautiful now as you were back then.
Trish: Oh, God. Thank you. You know what it cost me to look like this? A fortune.
Lou: To the man who brought us all here, Tom Brady. Who never gives up, no matter what he’s up against. May the hand of fate continue to bless him with perfect spirals and the confidence to stand tall in the pocket.
Betty: Oh, Trish, you fall in love faster than any other human on Earth.
Trish: Well, we can’t all be with the same man for fifty years, Betty.
Betty: Fifty-one.
Trish: [referring to the Super Bowl] Two years ago, I could’ve paid for us all to go. But I divorced Ralph two weeks before the playoffs. Boy, do I regret that.
Betty: The divorce?
Trish: No, he was terrible. But the game was amazing.
Maura: It’s just that every time I hear that word “divorce”, I just think of Francisco. You know?
Betty: Oh, Maura. No. No. Your husband didn’t divorce you. He died.
Maura: It’s the same thing.
'We got to work with what we got.' - Maura (80 for Brady) Share on X
Lou: I’m serious. Let’s go to the Super Bowl.
Maura: The Super Bowl is no place for four old women.
Lou: This could be Tom’s last one. He’s almost forty. That’s like eighty in people years.
Trish: We’re eighty in people years!
Lou: Exactly!
Lou: So, let’s experience a Super Bowl. Because this might be our last chance.
Trish: God, that’s morbid.
Maura: Well, we got to work with what we got.
Donna: [over phone, trying to win the tickets] My name is Maura, and my three friends and I are dying. Thank you. Okay. Bye-bye.
Maura: We’re dying to go to the Super Bowl.
Donna: Oh, right. Oopsy.
Betty: You know, for a game where a bunch of guys just smash into each other, it’s really very complicated.
Lou: [as the gender reveal box pops open with balloons] I wanted it to be surprise. But all they had was gender reveal boxes.
Maura: Who’s having a baby?
Lou: No one! It’s not a gender reveal. It’s just a reveal!
Betty: Of what?
Lou: We’ve won the tickets! We’re going to the Super Bowl!
'You can fall in love. Just maybe wait till you've known them more than a week.' - Lou (80 for Brady) Share on X
Trish: [over phone] No, Carl. I did not agree that we could see other people. That’s not dating. That’s cheating, and I’m done talking about it. I do not want to talk to you. I’m not interested in anything you have to say.
Lou: Wow, this chapter is really good. Oh, it’s so steamy.
Trish: No, it’s not finished. No. Not you, Carl. With you, it is finished.
Trish: Betty’s right. I have to stop falling in love.
Lou: No. You can fall in love. Just maybe wait till you’ve known them more than a week.
Lou: We’re going to the Super Bowl to enjoy men the way the Romans did. Sweaty, piled on top of one another. Tight pants.
Maura: My husband always said that I had great feet. But he just really liked feet.
'Lately, I've been realizing that it's less about what you do, more about who you do it with.' - Mickey (80 for Brady) Share on X
Mickey: Lately, I’ve been realizing that it’s less about what you do, more about who you do it with, you know? I look around this place, and you’re the only one I really want to be around, you know? It seems like you got it all figured out and…
Mickey: [looks over to see Maura is asleep] Talking to myself.
Lou: Stop honking. Betty hates it. She thinks it’s bad manners.
Trish: I know. That’s why I do it.
Lou: [to Trish] Are all your suitcases just wigs?
Betty: I don’t think I’ve ever flirted in my whole life.
Trish: You can do it.
Betty: Okay. Okay. Hrishi? You have a nice head.
Hrishi: Why, thank you.
Trish: We’ll work on it.
Maura: [referring to the life size poster stand] I’m taking this one. He’s cute.
'Sometimes fate puts you exactly where you supposed to be.' - Gugu (80 for Brady) Share on X
Maura: I feel like I’m just living in the past, and I can’t move on.
Lou: Maura, you’re not living in the past. You’re right here with us. And we’re here for you.
Trish: How many reading glasses have you gone through this year?
Lou: That doesn’t count. Reading glasses are designed to be lost.
Lou: That’s a fanny pack.
Betty: Well, not if you don’t wear it around your fanny. If you wear it like this, it’s a strap-on.
Lou: Before we head out, let’s look at the agenda. First up, the NFL Experience.
Maura: Wait a minute, “agenda” sounds like work.
Betty: I love a good agenda.
'If you want to find love, you have to focus on the positive, not the negative. There's always negative things.' - Betty (80 for Brady) Share on X
Lou: Oh, this is better than my wildest dreams.
Maura: Not mine. This morning, I had a dream I was going down the Amazon River on a pickle with my papier-mâché children.
Read Zone Bookseller: Are you working on anything new?
Trish: Actually, yeah. I’m working on a holiday-themed book. I Gronk You a Merry Christmas.
Read Zone Bookseller: Can I preorder?
Trish: Yeah, absolutely.
Read Zone Bookseller: Holidays are a very sexual time for me.
'Just because I can solve a problem does not mean I should have to.' - Betty (80 for Brady) Share on X
Hot Wings Woman: [referring to the spicy wings contest] I must warn you, it gets really intense. I mean, they got spices that sound like they’re from a horror film.
Betty: Like what?
Hot Wings Woman: California Reaper. Ghost pepper. Teddy Bears Picnic. Now, that one’s the most scary because it sounds like it’s all warm and cuddly, but it’s not. It’s really not.
Betty: Well, I could use a little spice.
Hot Wings Woman: This ain’t no little spice.
Hot Wings Woman: So if you black out, you don’t want me to call your husband?
Betty: No. No. Don’t call him.
Hot Wings Woman: So who do you want me to call?
Betty: An ambulance?
'I want a man I can sit next to and not have to talk.' - Trish (80 for Brady) Share on X
Dan: Aren’t you the original Mayflower Girl?
Trish: Well, that was a long time ago.
Dan: Well, beauty has no expiration date.
Trish: Virginia Ledoux was the name of my poodle.
Dan: Well, your poodle must have a real thing for football players.
Trish: No. I do.
Guy Fieri: [to Betty] Alright. Remember, embrace the spice. Lean into this. Don’t fight it. It only makes it harder. You go big or you go home.
'It'd be a shame to retire if you feel like you still got it.' - Tom Brady (80 for Brady) Share on X
Guy Fieri: [after Betty wins the spicy wings contest] How did you do this? How do you handle spice at this level?
Betty: I don’t know. Unless it has extreme flavor, I can’t taste anything anymore.
Guy Fieri: Maura, would you like some more brisket?
Maura: Oh, I could eat your brisket all day long, you brute.
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