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Movie review: 'Our Souls at Night' reunites Fonda, Redford for a winning late life love story

Movie business trends come and go, but one subject remains resolutely out of favor: romantic stories focused on those considered old and in the way.

Which is why it's such a pleasure to see 81-year-old Robert Redford and 79-year-old Jane Fonda playing age-appropriate characters in the charming and emotionally involving "Our Souls at Night."

Not only might they be the most genuinely old couple since 79-year-old Melvyn Douglas co-starred with Lila Kedrova in Lee Grant's 1980 "Tell Me a Riddle," but they're

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