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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary 18-year-old Lake (Pier-Gabriel Lajoie) discovers he has an unusual attraction for the elderly. Fate lands him a job at an assisted-living facility where he develops an intimate relationship with Mr. Peabody (Walter Borden). Upon discovering that the clients are being over-medicated to make them more manageable, Lake weans Mr. Peabody off...

Directed By: Bruce La Bruce

Written By: Daniel Allen Cox, Bruce La Bruce

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 22 m

Gerontophilia

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary 18-year-old Lake (Pier-Gabriel Lajoie) discovers he has an unusual attraction for the elderly. Fate lands him a job at an assisted-living facility where he develops an intimate relationship with Mr. Peabody (Walter Borden). Upon discovering that the clients are being over-medicated to make them more manageable, Lake weans Mr. Peabody off...

Directed By: Bruce La Bruce

Written By: Daniel Allen Cox, Bruce La Bruce

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
48
22% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
48
22% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
11% Negative
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75
May 1, 2015
This is a comedy that encourages viewers to be impulsive, and pointedly seek love and acceptance outside of "normal" social institutions, especially when it comes to family and romance.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 26, 2015
It chooses the delicateness of a fable instead of the narrative recklessness we've come to expect from Bruce La Bruce.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
50
May 1, 2015
There is genuine warmth and heart to the central relationship, and the script is occasionally funny, though it draws smiles more than laughs. But it's hard to see, beyond the gender swap, what LaBruce is saying here that Hal Ashby didn't cover more definitively four decades ago.
By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 30, 2015
Mr. Borden, an acclaimed Canadian stage actor and playwright, turns in a slyly entertaining performance. But the relationship between Lake and Melvyn feels a bit more one-sided than perhaps was intended.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 28, 2015
Wavering between wry humor and frank tenderness without fully committing to either, the film ends up stranded in an innocuously sweet middle ground. That’s a disappointment, especially since the movie gets off to an amusing start.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 30, 2015
Comely Lajoie plays the part of catnip admirably, with bing cherry eyes and a Quebec accent. And as Mr. Peabody, Walter Borden gives better than the stock flamboyant roué that the role deserves.
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30
Apr 28, 2015
Maybe if the actors had been coached to actually act, it would have come across better, but their painfully stilted delivery is leaden rather than campily artificial.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 1976 Productions, New Real Films, Téléfilm Canada
Release Date May 1, 2015
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.gerontophilia-thefilm.com/
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Awards

TLA Gaybies
• 3 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Montréal Festival of New Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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