Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren) and Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) are on a first date after getting set up by an internet dating site. They seem to be nice elderly people on a nice date. Next, he's going into a strip club. He and his friend Vincent (Jim Carter) are recruiting other old men in a scam to steal from the Russians. Trusting Betty ignores her grandson Stephen's warnings against her new boyfriend.
From the strip club onwards, I always knew the title should be in plural. The question is how and why. The turning point is Berlin. I actually thought a specific twist would happen there. I like the revelation but the twist is revealed later and it's not the one that I expected. I like mine better. There is no reason to bring Roy to Berlin otherwise. Betty needs to find her locket and Stephen may need to be there for research. Roy doesn't need to be there and could have been alerted to the scheme. In my version, he is lured to Germany and arrested there. That's the only possible reason to bring him. In looking back, I also don't know how Betty gets herself paired up with Roy in the first place. I'm sure that there could be some underhanded way to get the connect. The ending has some questionable things but I really like the $100k idea. Roy has already been shown a killer. It's too easy for him to kill Betty and take the calculators for himself.
From the strip club onwards, I always knew the title should be in plural. The question is how and why. The turning point is Berlin. I actually thought a specific twist would happen there. I like the revelation but the twist is revealed later and it's not the one that I expected. I like mine better. There is no reason to bring Roy to Berlin otherwise. Betty needs to find her locket and Stephen may need to be there for research. Roy doesn't need to be there and could have been alerted to the scheme. In my version, he is lured to Germany and arrested there. That's the only possible reason to bring him. In looking back, I also don't know how Betty gets herself paired up with Roy in the first place. I'm sure that there could be some underhanded way to get the connect. The ending has some questionable things but I really like the $100k idea. Roy has already been shown a killer. It's too easy for him to kill Betty and take the calculators for himself.