Director: Paul Weitz
Two women in their eighties, a funeral, and one unfinished piece of business drive the plot of Moving On, a 2023 American comedy-drama directed by Paul Weitz.
What is Moving On about?
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin lead as former friends who have not spoken in years, brought back together by the death of a mutual companion whose widower once wronged them both. At the service, Claire spots the widower across the room and announces, without much ceremony, that she intends to settle the score with him. Evelyn, more skeptical but unwilling to let her old friend go it alone, tags along, and the film becomes a slow-burn buddy story about reckoning with the past rather than a straightforward thriller. Weitz lets the pacing breathe, trading big set pieces for pointed dialogue and long-overdue confrontations, and the humor sits right next to genuine grief about aging, regret, and the things people carry silently for decades. Richard Roundtree and Malcolm McDowell round out a small, character-driven cast, and the eighty-five-minute runtime keeps the story tight without rushing its emotional beats.
Cast & crew
Fonda and Tomlin, longtime collaborators going back to 9 to 5, bring an easy, lived-in chemistry to Claire and Evelyn that carries scenes where the script itself stays quiet. Roundtree, in one of his final screen roles, adds warmth as the man caught between the two women's history.
Context & significance
Moving On arrived in theaters in 2023 as part of a wave of films built around veteran actresses taking lead roles rather than supporting ones, a shift audiences and critics both noted at the time. Weitz, known for comedies that mix sharp wit with real sentiment, keeps the tone light even as the subject matter turns serious.
Where & how to watch
The film streams with a Persian-dubbed audio track on K-Time, alongside the original English version, and is available to watch with a free account login. K-Time's Farsi-language interface makes it easy to browse and queue titles like this one for the Iranian diaspora audience.