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Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jane Fonda, In Richard Loncraine’s formulaic but
Glen Close still get enviably good parts. enjoyable film with a terrific cast, the
So, if you drop movies in which seniors are snobbish Sandra (Imelda Staunton)
ailing, lonely, suffering from dementia (too discovers that her newly-knighted husband
many of these), or are just plain crabby, sad has been having an affair with her best
or mopey, there are a few in which there is friend. After he leaves her, Sandra is
more to them than just the travails of old forced to move in with her estranged sister
age. Here’s a list of 10 personal favourites, Bif (Celie Imrie), who lives a carefree,
in no particular order, starring Golden bohemian life in a shabby home. Sandra
Oldies. has to abandon her airs and graces as she
tries to fit in with Bif’s lifestyle, which
102 Not Out (2018): includes the adult community dance class
she attends. Sandra finds renewed energy
and romance with the kind and supportive
Charlie (Timothy Spall).
Driving Miss Daisy (1989):
The play by Saumya Joshi was much
funnier, but the film starring Amitabh
Bachchan as a 102-year old wanting to
beat the oldest man alive record had its
charm. Rishi Kapoor played the old-man’s
crotchety 75-year-old son, who has lost all
zest for life, so the father tries to teach him
how to enjoy the years he has left.
Finding Your Feet (2017): Bruce Beresford’s multiple Oscar-
winning gem of a film, has a role for the
sprightly Jessica Tandy, who is the oldest
actress to have won an academy award at
80—a record that still stands. She is the
eponymous Miss Daisy, a prim Jewish
widow, who is forced by her son to hire a
black chauffeur, Hoke (Morgan Freeman),
when she is no longer able to drive. After
a rocky start, he wins her over, and over
they develop an unlikely friendship that
transcends race, age and class.
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