The 2nd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2002 made by people over the age of 50. As was customary for the awards at this point, there was no awards ceremony; instead, the winners were announced in 2003's May/June issue of the magazine. Richard Gere won the award for Breakaway Performance for Chicago.
Awards Winners and Nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). About Schmidt Far from Heaven The Hours The Quiet American Roman Polanski – The Pianist Phillip Noyce - Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American Manoel de Oliveira - I'm Going Home Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York Steven Spielberg - Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt Michael Caine - The Quiet American Dustin Hoffman - Moonlight Mile Samuel L. Jackson - Changing Lanes Meryl Streep - Adaptation Judi Dench - The Importance of Being Earnest Susan Sarandon - Igby Goes Down and Moonlight Mile Sigourney Weaver - The Guys David Hare - The Hours Jay Cocks - Gangs of New York Christopher Hampton - The Quiet American Ronald Harwood - The Pianist Catch Me If You Can Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Far from Heaven Road to Perdition Road to Perdition Antwone Fisher The Hours My Big Fat Greek Wedding Vanessa Redgrave and Albert Finney - The Gathering Storm Ellen Burstyn and James Garner - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman - Moonlight Mile Jill Clayburgh and Jeffrey Tambor - Never Again Spirited Away Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ice Age Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay Martin and Lewis Path to War Standing in the Shadows of Motown Bowling for Columbine Carnauba: A Son's Memoir Rivers and Tides Monsoon Wedding - India The Fast Runner - Canada I'm Going Home - Portugal and France Rabbit-Proof Fence - Australia
Breakaway Performance Richard Gere: "Who'd have thought that behind those American Gigolo eyes and that Officer and a Gentleman chin hid the soul of a song-and-dance man? He'll never make us forget Astaire—but we'll never think of Gere in the same way, either."
Runners Up Maggie Smith for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Christopher Walken for Catch Me If You Can Robin Williams for One Hour Photo
Films with multiple nominations and wins
+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 4 The Quiet American 3 Catch Me If You Can The Hours Moonlight Mile 2 About Schmidt Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Far from Heaven Gangs of New York I'm Going Home The Pianist Rabbit-Proof Fence Road to Perdition
+ Films that received multiple awards Wins Film 2 About Schmidt
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