The Good Liar (2020)

There is little that can be revealed about this movie except to say that the issue is who is zooming whom.  There are two very heavy hitting actors at play here, and that is at the core of the film's charm.

Set in London in 2009, the film opens as two people late in life find themselves chatting on a dating website and agree to meet for a casual dinner. This is where Roy (Ian McKellan) and Betty (Helen Mirren)) come together and after an initial bit of awkwardness—each one utilized a fake name online—they quickly hit it off. Their relationship is not so much romantic—Betty just lost her husband a year earlier and is not ready for something along those lines—but companionship. The only fly in the ointment in this otherwise sweet-sounding story is Betty’s grandson Steven, who is instantly suspicious of Roy and worries that his vulnerable grandmother is rushing into things far too quickly.  And he isn't wrong about that, we know right from the beginning.  It is a fun movie, that is low key entertainment.