Ageism may be a significant problem in Hollywood, but not at AARP’s “Movies for Grownups” Awards, where actors over 50 are revered like fine wine — and honored for getting better with age. Inevitab…
Ageism may be a significant problem in Hollywood, but not at AARP’s “Movies for Grownups” Awards, where actors over 50 are revered like fine wine — and honored for getting better with age. Inevitably, there were some jokes about the ceremony’s name: “When I was asked to attend an award show called Movies for Grownups, I assumed you were honoring me for my career in pornography,” crackedteasing him for his eagerness to receive the Best Actor award. “You’re like a chimp that saw a banana.
Before the ceremony began, Sandler reflected on his own “grownup” performance. “I understand what they’re saying because I certainly don’t want my kids to watch ‘Uncut Gems,’ ” Sandler told. “But I think any movie at any age can connect with you. I go to these animated movies with my kids and I love them. I also click with ‘Marriage Story.’ I get it all. But I understand what tonight’s about and it’s a good feeling to be included in that.
Aging was a central theme of several of the year’s most acclaimed movies, like “Pain and Glory.” Directorjoked of reuniting with the actor he discovered in 1981, Antonio Banderas, who stars in the film: “We are getting older at the same so this movie that talks about the passage of time is very appropriate.” The winner of Best Foreign Language Film lamented the lack of grownup films these days, echoing Martin Scorsese’s controversial assertion that Marvel movies are not cinema.
“Go back and look at the great Walt Disney quote that he was always making movies for the child in all of us,” she continued. “I’d like to flip that around — it’s about looking at the humanity in all of us whether you’re an adult or a child — but certain films are clearly more sophisticated.” Other honorees at the ceremony, held Saturday night at the Beverly Wilshire, included best actress winner
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