Age-Old Friends

Name: Age-Old Friends
Genre: TV Movie, Comedy
Released: 1989-12-16
Rating: 7.7

TV MovieComedy1h 30m

🍅88%

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88%

Tomatometer

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88%

Popcornmeter

7.7

TMDB

Storyline

John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse Wilson and spends time with his best buddy Michael Aylott, who's slowly drifting into senility.

Details

DirectorAllan Kroeker

ReleasedDec 16, 1989

StatusReleased

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

3 fresh · 1 rotten

Howard Rosenberg

RTLos Angeles TimesJan 25, 2018

It's a universal theme, and nowadays a familiar one, but one rarely expressed as richly and compellingly.

David Parkinson

RTRadio TimesSep 24, 2024

Director Allan Kroeker sagely recognises that the drama's strength lies in the dialogue and the rapport between the spikily compassionate Cronyn and Gardenia's slowly fading pal.

Joanna Langfield

RTVideo ReviewAug 5, 2022

Sympathetic, for sure, but not exactly fun stuff.

Mary Ann Brussat

RTSpirituality & PracticeAug 18, 2004

A guided tour into the land of the long lived filled with poignant moments of humor, sadness, conflict, and revelation