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The Intern

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

Issi Israel Doron

Mar 11, 20182 min read

Big Fish

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...

Issi Israel Doron

Mar 3, 20182 min read

On Golden Pond

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

Issi Israel Doron

Feb 25, 20181 min read

Twilight of a Life

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

Issi Israel Doron

Feb 19, 20181 min read

The Meyerowitz Stories

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

Issi Israel Doron

Feb 10, 20182 min read

About Schmidt

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...

Issi Israel Doron

Feb 3, 20182 min read

Lucky

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

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 26, 20181 min read

Waking Ned Devine

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...

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 22, 20182 min read

A Man Called Ove

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...

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 12, 20181 min read

5 Flights Up

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

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 5, 20182 min read

UP !

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

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 5, 20181 min read

The Lady in the Van

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...

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 31, 20171 min read

Philomena

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

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 31, 20171 min read

The Last Word

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

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 30, 20171 min read

Still Mine

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...

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 30, 20171 min read

Our Souls at Nights

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

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 30, 20171 min read

Hampstead

I must confess that I always liked Diane Keaton. Even more so, as in recent years she has participated in many successful "gerontological...

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 30, 20171 min read

The Gerontological Movies Blog

Films & Movies on Old Age, Aging, & the Elderly

by Israel (Issi) Doron

The Intern

Big Fish

On Golden Pond

Twilight of a Life

The Meyerowitz Stories

About Schmidt

Lucky

Waking Ned Devine

A Man Called Ove

5 Flights Up

UP !

The Lady in the Van

Philomena

The Last Word

Still Mine

Our Souls at Nights

Hampstead