12th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

The 12th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2012 and were announced on February 4, 2013.[1] Susan Sarandon was the winner of the annual Career Achievement Award, and Dustin Hoffman won the award for Breakthrough Achievement for his first directorial effort, Quartet.[2][3]

Awards

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[4][5][6][7][8]

  • Steven Spielberg – Lincoln‡
    • Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
    • Ang Lee - Life of Pi
    • David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
    • Gus Van Sant - Promised Land
Readers' Choice

Career Achievement Award

Breakthrough Accomplishment

  • Dustin Hoffman: "Hoffman doesn't just cut his cast loose [in Quartet, his directorial debut]; he guides them through a minefield of possible missteps to create a film bursting with sentiment, yet stubbornly dry-eyed."[10]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
8 Lincoln
6 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Hitchcock
Silver Linings Playbook
4 Amour
The Sessions
3 Moonrise Kingdom
Quartet
2 Argo
Bernie
Flight
Hope Springs
Hyde Park on Hudson
Parental Guidance
Promised Land
Zero Dark Thirty
Films that received multiple awards
Wins Film
2 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Flight
Lincoln

References

  1. ^ "Bruce Dern, Alfonso Cuaron Honored at AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. ^ "Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Winners". AARP. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ^ "Baby Boomers Return To The Multiplex, And Hollywood Notices". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. ^ "Just In! 2013 AARP Movies For Grownups Awards". HuffPost. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. ^ Newcott, Bill. "2013 Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  6. ^ McKay, Hollie (2015-03-25). "Who's Jennifer Lawrence? AARP hands out Movies for Grownups awards". Fox News. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ^ AARP. "AARP The Magazine Announces The Winners of Its Twelfth Annual Movies for Grownups Awards". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  8. ^ O'Connor, Austin. "10 Best Movies for Grownups 2012". AARP. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  9. ^ "Bruce Dern, Alfonso Cuaron Honored at AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  10. ^ Newcott, Bill. "2013 Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP. Retrieved 2021-04-21.