While he recently delighted as Max Belfort, Jordan Belfort’s high-strung father in The Wolf of Wall Street, Rob Reiner seems to be taking it easy on the directing side. Crafting light, genial drama-tinged comedies such as Flipped (which, you could say, I did exactly what the title suggest for), his latest falls in the same line.

And So It Goes teams Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton (for the first time ever, to some surprise) and today the first trailer has arrived. The former plays an obnoxious realtor who must take care of his estranged granddaughter with the help of his neighbor, played by Keaton. While the voice-over is a bit overbearing, Reiner certainly knows how to tell this story well. And you could give me this any day over the next Transformers, which opens a few days prior. Check out the trailer and poster below.

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There are a million reasons not to like realtor Oren Little (Michael Douglas), and that’s just the way he likes it. Willfully obnoxious to anyone who might cross his path, he wants nothing more than to sell one last house and retire in peace and quiet — until his estranged son suddenly drops off a granddaughter (Sterling Jerins) he never knew existed and turns his life upside-down. Clueless about how to care for a sweet, abandoned nine-year-old, he pawns her off on his determined and lovable neighbor Leah (Diane Keaton) and tries to resume his life uninterrupted. But little by little, Oren stubbornly learns to open his heart – to his family, to Leah, and to life itself – in this uplifting comedy from acclaimed director Rob Reiner.

And So It Goes open on July 11th.

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