The Gerontological Movies Blog

Let me begin with some context before reviewing this unique movie: I am law professor and a gerontologist. My PhD was on elder...

Several people recommended the movie COCO as a candidate for this blog. I watched the movie and wondered: should this film be included in...

Many years before the Canadian movie "Away from her", or the American movie "Still Alice" were screened - the Brits made one of the first...

Looking for a "hard-core" gerontological movie? Want an "in-your-face' drama about love, aging and dying? Never really seen what it takes...

The Intern - a 2015 American comedy-drama film, directed by Nancy Meyers, is an easy pick as a Gerontological Movie. Staring well know...

Why is the movie Big Fish included in my Gerontological Movies blog? The answer is not simple. But before answering, let me make a small...

Time for some classics: After reviewing some recent gerontological movies, it is appropriate to start going back in time, and remind us...

Most of the gerontologcial movies that I have reviewed in this blog so far were full length, feature films. These were mostly...

There is a well known saying: the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment. You can already guess where this is...

Here are 5 reasons why About Schmidt - a 2002 American drama comedy - is a movie you must see and probably one of the best gerontological...

What is a "gerontological" movie? What makes a movie "gerontological"? Is it a "good" thing to have movies which are "gerontological"? If...

This 1998 British comedy is one of those gerontological movies that made me fall in love in this field of movies and aging. The Brits...

It is one of those never ending debates: should you first see the movie or should you first read the book. In this case I first read the...

Option for opening 1: Some movies you realize very quickly that they are great; and some very quickly you know they are terrible. But...

This 2009 Pixar Studios (with Walt Disney Pictures) is probably one of the best gerontological movies ever and the first serious animated...

The Lady in the Van: Like most people who's kids made them go with them to all of Harry Potter movies - I've fallen in love with the...

Wow.... did not expect this one. Judi Dench is without doubt one of the leading gerontological actresses these days. This movie is not...

Well, just saw the movie "The Last Word" with Shirley MacLaine. In general, a story about an aging businesswoman who wishes to "control"...

I am trying to see all popular movies that touch upon Dementia, and in recent years there have been some excellent ones (e.g. Still...

Well, I'm not objective.... both Robert Redford and Jane Fonda were the movies' heroes at my younger age.... so watching them again in...