Younger And Younger is a 1993 American comedy film co-written and directed by Percy Adlon and starring Donald Sutherland, Brendan Fraser and Lolita Davidovich.
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Directed by | Percy Adlon |
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Cinematography | Bernd Heinl |
Edited by | Suzanne Fenn |
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Distributed by | Transmundo Films (Argentina) |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
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Language | English |
Synopsis edit
Jonathan Younger owns a self-storage facility, and runs it with his wife Penny, with who he has a strained relationship. One day Penny, a plain and skittish woman, is startled by a great deal of noise Jonathan makes with an organ and dies from a heart attack.
Jonathan's college-aged son Winston returns home for the funeral and to help run the family business. While they interact with a number of quirky customers, Jonathan is haunted by the spirit of his late wife, who becomes increasingly attractive to him with each ghostly apparition.[1]
Cast edit
- Donald Sutherland as Jonathan Younger
- Brendan Fraser as Winston Younger
- Lolita Davidovich as Penny
- Sally Kellerman as ZigZag Lilian
- Julie Delpy as Melodie
- Linda Hunt as Frances
- Pit Krüger as Roger
- Nicholas Gunn as Benjamin
Reception edit
The summary of Leonard Klady's favorable Variety review reads "The iconoclastic oeuvre of Percy Adlon provides another unusual human comedy in "Younger and Younger." Superficially a family drama of an errant, philandering father, the yarn spins out from its simple premise into fantasy, music, black comedy and innumerable offbeat digressions. It’s a mad, wild souffle served up by actors at the top of their form."[2] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Melissa Pierson differs: "When a film stuffed with this much talent goes straight to video, you might suspect something. And you’d be largely right. C− ."[3]
Awards and nominations edit
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
- Won, "Silver Raven Award" - Percy Adlon
Tokyo International Film Festival
- Won, "Best Actress Award" - Lolita Davidovich
References edit
- ^ "Younger & Younger by Percy Adlon". www.percyadlon.com. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ Klady, Victor (June 9, 1993). "Younger and Younger". Variety.
- ^ Pierson, Melissa (April 7, 1995). "Younger and Younger". Entertainment Weekly.
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