Winners of 10th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards; Redford Gets Lifetime Achievement Award
By Josh Lyons on Jan 20, 2011 with Comments 4
As you know, awards season is in full swing now after this past weekend’s Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Awards. With BAFTA and the Oscars just around the corner, there are plenty other organizations chiming in as well. One such is AARP which does something of a niche awards session. Each year they strive to “cut out the kid stuff and put dynamic, character-driven films in their readers’ queues” as AARP The Magazine Editor Bill Newcott puts it. These niche awards are designed to celebrate movies and performances which most appeal to their audience of people in the 50+ age range.
Well, in their 10th year, the winners of the annual Movies for Grownups Awards have been announced. Amongst those are The King’s Speech taking top honors of “Best Movie for Grownups”. While Danny Boyle receives “Best Director” for his work on 127 Hours. The full list of winners can be found below.
As well as celebrating winners in each category, AARP The Magazine likes to deal out a Lifetime Achievement Award with their other awards. This year’s recipient was Robert Redford, who has been a staple in the industry for decades and has had quite the illustrious career both in front of and behind the camera.
Now for the full list of winners.
Best Movie for Grownups
The King’s Speech
Best Actress
Lesley Manville, Another Year
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Phylicia Rashad, For Colored Girls
Best Supporting Actor
John Malkovich, Secretariat
Best Director
Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
Best Comedy for Grownups
City Island
Best Grownup Love Story
Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Best Documentary
Waste Land
Breakthrough Achievement
Helen Mirren, RED
Best Buddy Movie
Unstoppable
Best Intergenerational Movie
Flipped
Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up
The Karate Kid
Best Screenwriter
John Wells, The Company Men
Best Foreign Film
Farewell
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Cool honor for Redford. I especially loved his character in The Sting and of course, I cannot forget, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Paul Newman and him have such electric chemistry on screen. They definitely have to be considered one of the best acting duos.
Happy to see another fan of The Sting. I love that movie and it’s still one of my all-time favorites. I’d probably have to say it’s my favorite heist film of all-time.
The Sting showcases why Paul Newman was a preeminent actor of his generation. I just love his performance in that movie! And yes this is without a doubt, a top heist film of all-time.
Also, if your a big fan of heist films in general like me, check out this pretty cool top ten list from Ben Affleck (if you haven’t already seen it).
Here’s the link: http://www.slashfilm.com/ben-afflecks-eleven-favorite-heist-movies/
Yea Newman does real good in The Sting. I usually love him and Redford working together. I also love Newman’s performance in The Verdict. One of my favorite courtroom dramas there (of course 12 Angry Men will always top that list).
And I do enjoy a good heist film. Those are some interesting selections from Affleck. Hadn’t seen that list before. However, with the exception of The Killing and Eddie Coyle, I’ve seen all those. Not exactly the list I’d put together though when doing a Favorite Heist Films list. For instance, The Bank Job I enjoyed, not one of my favorites though. And Point Break was pretty good, but I wouldn’t classify it as great. Of course I’d add The Sting to my list. I’d also put Dog Day Afternoon in there (when Lumet is on, he’s ON – as evidenced by my favorite courtroom drama of all-time). The Usual Suspects would be higher up my list. The Thomas Crown Affair is another good one. And to be honest, Affleck’s The Town was a lot like Heat for me. And really, I think The Town possibly did it better than Heat. So, I might have to add that one to my list. Oh, and The Italian Job I liked too.
Also, I guess it depends on your definition of “heist film”. Some might not consider The Sting a heist film, but rather a con film. I don’t differentiate and just lump them all together as it’s really the same thing in theory. Even Dog Day Afternoon and Reservoir Dogs some wouldn’t consider heist films. Rather, they’d call them dramas that just happen to have a robbery as a backdrop. This logic I could understand, but I’d probably still lump them in as heist films.