‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Among AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture Nominees
09.01.2024 - 17:33
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Jaden Thompson AARP The Magazine has announced the nominees for the annual Movies for Grownups (MFG) Awards. “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro” and “Oppenheimer” will contend for best picture/best movie for grownups.
AARP offers a description of MFG’s goal: “For more than two decades, AARP’s Movies for Grownups initiative has championed movies for grownups, by grownups, by advocating for the 50-plus audience and encouraging films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.” In the category of best actress, Annette Bening is nominated for “Nyad” alongside Juliette Binoche (“The Taste of Things”), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“Origin”), Helen Mirren (“Golda”) and Julia Roberts (“Leave the World Behind.” For best actor, the nominees are Nicolas Cage (“Dream Scenario”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Anthony Hopkins (“Freud’s Last Session”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”). Best supporting actress nods went to Viola Davis (“Air”), Jodie Foster (“Nyad”), Taraji P.
Henson (“The Color Purple”), Julianne Moore (“May December”) and Leslie Uggams (“American Fiction”). Recognized for best supporting actor are Willem Dafoe (“Poor Things”), Robert De Niro (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Colman Domingo (“The Color Purple”), Robert Downey Jr.
(“Oppenheimer”) and Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”). The nominees for best director include Ben Affleck (“Air”), Michael Mann (“Ferrari”), Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”), Alexander Payne (“The Holdovers”) and Martin Scorsese (“Killers of the Flower Moon”).
AARP film and TV critic Tim Appelo made a statement on the MFG initiative. “Our goal has always been to ignite cultural change in Hollywood through our Movies for Grownups
.