11th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

The 11th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2011 and were announced on January 20, 2012. The ceremony was hosted by actor Michael Nouri on February 6, 2012 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.^[1] Sharon Stone was the winner of the annual Career Achievement Award, and Martin Scorsese won the award for Breakthrough Achievement for his film, Hugo.^[2]

DateFebruary 6, 2012

Hosted byMichael Nouri

Most nominationsMidnight in Paris (6)

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11th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Date	February 6, 2012
Hosted by	Michael Nouri
Highlights
Most nominations	Midnight in Paris (6)
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (â¡).^[3]^[4]^[5]

Best Movie for Grownups The Descendantsâ¡ The Artist Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Midnight in Paris War Horse Win Win	Best Director Stephen Daldry â Extremely Loud and Incredibly Closeâ¡ Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris George Clooney - The Ides of March Cameron Crowe - We Bought a Zoo Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Best Actor Oliver Litondo - The First Graderâ¡ George Clooney - The Descendants Mel Gibson - The Beaver Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Kevin Spacey - Margin Call	Best Actress Glenn Close - Albert Nobbsâ¡ Ellen Barkin - Another Happy Day Helen Mirren - The Debt Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer - Beginnersâ¡ Jeremy Irons - Margin Call Ben Kingsley - Hugo Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Christoph Waltz - Water for Elephants	Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanusâ¡ Ellen Burstyn - Another Happy Day Judi Dench - J. Edgar Allison Janney - The Help Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Best Comedy The Artistâ¡ 50/50 Bridesmaids Midnight in Paris Tower Heist	Best Screenwriter Woody Allen - Midnight in Parisâ¡ Alexander Payne - The Descendants Eric Roth - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Roger Simon - A Better Life Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball
Best Time Capsule J. Edgarâ¡ The Help The Iron Lady Midnight in Paris	Best Intergenerational Film Win Winâ¡ The First Grader Hugo The Music Never Stopped
Best Grownup Love Story Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent - The Iron Ladyâ¡ Emily Watson and Peter Mullan - War Horse Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson - The Beaver Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer - J. Edgar	Musical Achievement Alexandre Desplat - The Tree of Life (film)â¡ John Williams - War Horse
Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up The Muppetsâ¡ Dolphin Tale Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows â Part 2 Hugo	Best Documentary Bill Cunningham New Yorkâ¡ Hot Coffee The Interrupters Project Nim Undefeated
Best Foreign Film The Names of Love - Franceâ¡ 80 Days - Spain In Darkness - Poland Queen to Play - France The Skin I Live In - Cinema of Spain	Readers' Choice The Helpâ¡ The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Hugo Margin Call Midnight in Paris Moneyball War Horse We Bought a Zoo

Career Achievement Award

Sharon Stone^[6]

Breakthrough Accomplishment

Martin Scorsese: "Scorseseâs first-time use of 3-D technology transforms the screen into the most spectacular pop-up book youâve ever seen."^[4]

Films with multiple nominations

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Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
6	Midnight in Paris
5	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
5	Hugo
4	The Descendants
4	War Horse
3	The Artist
	The Help
	The Iron Lady
	J. Edgar
	Margin Call
2	Albert Nobbs
	Another Happy Day
	The Beaver
	The First Grader
	Moneyball
	The Tree of Life
	We Bought a Zoo
	Win Win

11th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

Awards

Winners and nominees

Career Achievement Award

Breakthrough Accomplishment

Films with multiple nominations

References

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