The “Mack & Rita” cast features Diane Keaton as a 30-year-old woman who can become a deep, old lady. It doesn’t come as the norm of waiting 40 years, but after a visit to a regress and be blessed past-life specialist, she transforms in an instant. While the setup and cast are intriguing, the script is so blank that even an attempt to summarize it feels futile.
Mack, played by Elizabeth Lail, lives in the custody of her grandmother whom she fondly describes as the coolest old gal, who was certainly not fearless or lacked confidence in what she liked or who she was. Together, they enjoyed an amusing pastime of going through vintage clothes at a quaint boutique. Mack felt compelled to bond with her grandmother since she struggled to relate to her peers, as she thought of herself as an old lady trapped in the body of a young girl. As she grew older, she learned to mask herself and pretend to show support for things other young women appreciate.
Carla, who has always been there for her, understands and appreciates her true self, and is set to marry. The different functions of the wedding form the skeleton about which the story evolves.
Mack, Karla, and other friends go for the bachelorette weekend at the cabin of one of Carla’s mother’s acquaintances. It becomes apparent that Mack isn’t the best at acting normal. She adores the wonderful “grandma” garments she discovers in the closet, however, she has not packed anything for herself that meets the girls’ night out expectations. Mack’s understanding friend Carla helps her out by lending her something more appropriate along with silver stiletto boots which she has to wobble around in. Mack picks up a Bad Bunny poster while the other women head out to a pop-up show. She does not care how shady it seems, a crude tanning bed serves as the regression’s mechanism. It is run by Luca. Her only desire is to recline.
Somehow Mack becomes Diane Keaton after getting out of the tanning bed. Mack is able to convince Carla by claiming that she is indeed Mack. However, everyone else is told that she is Mack’s supposedly real Uncle Rita and Mack is at Rita’s house and claims that she is there for a writing retreat.
“Rita” meets Mack’s majestic neighbor Jack (Dustin Milligan from Schitt’s Creek) along with Carla’s mother, Sharon (Loretta Devine), and her jolly crew of wine-loving retirees, played by the fabulous Lois Smith, Wendie Malick, and Amy Hill.
Like “Big” the body-switch is permanent until the traveling device is located which opens the possibility for a few stunt-like sequences that likely read in the screenplay “Diane Keaton dithers” or every so often, Diane Keaton falls. The most interesting characters and relationships are either cut out or ruined by a script that gives more weight to improbable situations than to character constancy. Carla is understanding and provides support and then she doesn’t so that she can get angry at Mack/Rita and then reconcile with her. She relinquishes power over the wedding to her mother, except that she doesn’t so that Mack/Rita can save the day by having the fabulous vintage store visit. Sharon capriciously declares that she and Rita must overhear Jack. Rita has to look cute while failing at Pilates and, in the most stupidly painful scene, takes a mushroom and hears Martin Short’s voice while tripping.
Another forced clash involves the good old, two simultaneous events, one social and one commercial conflict.
And now it is time to cease constructing narratives around social media “influencers” and other suddenly viral accounts, which is not unlike the Hallmark Channel and their bake shops and snowman competitions.
Although the script offers minimal characterization, Paige makes Carla a genuinely likable character, and Milligan lightly portrays Jack, revealing that he is attracted to Mack as Rita. There’s an old woman within Mack, and embedded within this film is a better film that never materializes.
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