The second half is more interested in Helen's developing romance with a debonair new arrival named Dan ( James Caan). This is not a movie about clever one-ups-womanship, though. But when a fourth member of the group dies and Sally wants to bring in Helen as a bridge partner, Helen cannot resist the chance to play a game she knows she plays well, or the opportunity to challenge Janet's dominance. Helen does not take Janet's insults seriously, reminding everyone she is only going to be there for a month. At the moment, she has her eye on Arthur ( Christopher Lloyd), who is very popular with the ladies despite a toupee described as looking like a muskrat died on his head. They include Sally ( Loretta Devine), a brighter version of "Golden Girls'" sweet-natured Rose, and Margot ( Ann-Margret), a sweet-natured version of "Golden Girls'" man-hungry Blanche. The leader is the acerbic bully Janet ( Jane Curtin), who allows a select trio to be in the "cool" group as long as they follow her rules. She is not sure which she finds more objectionable, all of the "Welcome to Pine Grove" greetings when she arrives ("I'm only staying for a month," she snaps), or the clique-y derision of the bossy AARP mean girls who tell Helen she has to leave "their" table in the dining room and will not admit her to the bridge club. The only option is Pine Grove, and she grudgingly agrees to move there for just one month. That leads to a kitchen fire, and Helen has to move out while the house is being repaired. Helen keeps the house in meticulous condition but can be a bit forgetful. Helen is very attached to the house as well, and is barely speaking to her daughter Laura ( Elizabeth Mitchell), Peter's mother, and a realtor who has suggested she sell the house and move into a nearby retirement community called Pine Grove.
He visits her for tea every Thursday in the home she built with her late husband. Think "Mean Golden Girls."Įllen Burstyn stars as Helen, a widow who is very attached to her devoted grandson Peter ( Matthew Barnes). Half a dozen veteran performers do their best to elevate a patchy script in "Queen Bees," a gentle romantic comedy set in a retirement community that one character describes as "'Mean Girls' with Medic- Alert bracelets." Longtime sitcom and sitcom-like movie director Michael Lembeck (" Friends," "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause") keeps it light, though sometimes that translates to superficial.
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