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Bookmark this pageYounger & Younger (1993)
Director: Percy Adlon
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The title refers to the Glendale depository business run by anglophile fantasist Sutherland - or rather prematurely-aged wife Davidovich, until her premature death during one of her husband's many bouts of sexual infidelity. Wandering in and out of the warehouse concourses are a variety of odd-ball characters - ex-star ZigZag Lillian (Kellerman) and daughter Melody (Delpy) among them - who are regularly entertained by Younger Snr's 'encouragements' and his turns on the upstairs Wurlitzer. Adlon's film sees him paddling headlong down the wish-fulfilling pseudo-feminist day-glo painted creek he has made his home since moving from Germany to America with Bagdad Café. It ends in a kitsch dance duet sequence, sprinkled with broken glass stardust, that would make fans of Fellini stare at their toes with embarrassment.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Percy Adlon
Producer: Eleonore Adlon, Percy Adlon
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Lolita Davidovich, Brendan Fraser, Julie Delpy, Sally Kellerman full cast
Duration: 93 mins
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