And So It Goes

A mean, self-absorbed real-estate agent (Michael Douglas) finds himself saddled with a granddaughter he never knew existed (Sterling Jerins) while his estranged son (Scott Shepherd) does a stretch in prison. Care of the girl falls to his next-door neighbor (Diane Keaton), even though the two oldsters can barely stand each other. Mark Andrus' script is excruciatingly predictable; there's never a minute when we don't know precisely where it's going and how it plans to get there. Director Rob Reiner could make this kind of movie in his sleep, and he almost does, keeping himself awake by taking a supporting role (and wearing a hilariously bad toupee). Douglas and Keaton are a couple of pros, and they (with an assist from Frances Sternhagen as Douglas' co-worker) manage to keep this leaky old tub afloat. Just barely.