AARP Awards Nominations Confirm That Your Grandparents Loved ‘Green Book’

Every year, film fans can watch a film and instantly think “Yep, this is definitely intended for a more mature audience,” which is code for “My grandma is going to love this!” In 2018, without a doubt, the top of that list is “Green Book.” And now, with the recent announcement of the nominees of AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards, it’s been confirmed.

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Peter Farrelly’s cringe-fest about racial politics in the Deep South in the ‘60s features all the hallmarks of a great “grandparent film.” First, there are loveable actors that senior citizens will describe as “he’s that guy who was in that movie you love” (Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali). Then you have a serious topic taken in a more light-hearted matter (Racism can be funny!). And finally, a happy ending where the aforementioned serious topic is all tied up in a nice bow and your grandparents can leave the theater talking about how happy the ending is (Hooray! Racism was cured!).

But “Green Book,” while leading the number of nominations, isn’t the only film that the American Association of Retired Persons is honoring this year. “Roma” is also up there for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups because…reasons? Is it a really big hit for senior citizens? Not sure about that. Then you have “A Star is Born” (obviously), “BlacKkKlansman,” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

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The real headscratchers are down in the acting categories. Sandra Bullock got some senior citizen love for her role in “Bird Box” (perhaps your grandma is a big fan of the “Bird Box” Challenge?). Robert Redford (so dreamy) got a nom for Best Actor. Then you have Blythe Danner and Judi Dench, legends as they are, getting Best Supporting Actress noms for “What They Had” and “All is True,” respectively. Clearly, AARP is taking its demographics into consideration with some of these nominations, right?

All kidding aside, it is nice that “Private Life” is getting some love by at least one awards ceremony!

The AARP Movies for Grownups Awards will air on PBS on February 15.

Here is the full list of nominations (via Deadline):

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups
A Star Is Born
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Green Book
Roma

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock (Bird Box)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Viola Davis (Widows)
Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)
Julia Roberts (Ben Is Back)

Best Actor
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Robert Redford (The Old Man & the Gun)
John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie)

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett (Black Panther)
Blythe Danner (What They Had)
Judi Dench (All Is True)
Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)
Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians)

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall (Widows)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Robert Forster (What They Had)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Ian McKellen (All Is True)

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh (All Is True)
Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
Mimi Leder (On the Basis of Sex)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

Best Screenwriter
Peter Farrelly
Brian Hayes Currie
Nick Vallelonga (Green Book)
Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Peter Hedges (Ben Is Back)
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Paul Schrader (First Reformed)

Best Ensemble
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Crazy Rich Asians
The Front Runner
Widows

Best Grownup Love Story
All Is True
On the Basis of Sex
Private Life
The Old Man & the Gun
What They Had

Best Intergenerational Film
A Quiet Place
Beautiful Boy
Ben Is Back
Crazy Rich Asians
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Time Capsule
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma

Best Documentary
Amazing Grace
Bathtubs Over Broadway
RBG
The Rest I Make Up
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Foreign Film
Cold War (Poland, France, U.K.)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)
The Guilty (Denmark)