Greta Gerwig (40) wrote Lady Bird and Little Women with a depth that honors mothers as complex, jealous, loving, and flawed. Emerald Fennell (38) wrote Promising Young Woman as a rage-fueled scream against the patriarchy that ignores women once they are "used up." But the true hero is Nancy Meyers, who has spent two decades building a genre around affluent, intelligent women over 50 who navigate romance and family on their own terms. Critics sniffed at The Intern and It’s Complicated , but audiences devoured them.
We do not have a category for "Mature Men" because men are just "people." We need to reach a place where a 65-year-old woman can play a CEO, a detective, a drug lord, a superhero, or a romantic lead without the marketing poster screaming, "Look! An old person is doing stuff!" Milfty 23 09 24 Jennifer White Empty Nest Part ...