Younger and Younger

Younger and Younger
Younger and Younger
Directed by	Percy Adlon
Written by	Percy Adlon; Felix Adlon [de];
Produced by	Eleonore Adlon; Percy Adlon;
Starring	Donald Sutherland; Brendan Fraser; Lolita Davidovich;
Cinematography	Bernd Heinl
Edited by	Suzanne Fenn
Music by	Hans Zimmer; Michael Glenn Williams;
Distributed by	Transmundo Films (Argentina)
Release date	1993;
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	United States; Germany;
Language	English

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.

Synopsis

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

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

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

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival

Won, "Silver Raven Award" - Percy Adlon

Tokyo International Film Festival

Won, "Best Actress Award" - Lolita Davidovich

References

^ "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.

External links

Younger and Younger at IMDb

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[1] "Younger & Younger by Percy Adlon". www.percyadlon.com. Retrieved 2019-04-07.

[2] Klady, Victor (June 9, 1993). "Younger and Younger". Variety.

[3] Pierson, Melissa (April 7, 1995). "Younger and Younger". Entertainment Weekly.

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