Lights, camera, action attract an older audience to the silver screen

An increasing number of films are being made for the 50 plus market, and the trend is set to grow, says Margaret Jennings.

Lights, camera, action attract an older audience to the silver screen

THEY split up when they were younger but now in their 50s, faced with the challenge of chasing up their stolen retirement nest egg in the sun drenched Cote d’Azur, Kate (Emma Thompson) and Richard (Pierce Brosnan) rediscover each other in a new way.

The Love Punch, which opens in cinemas nationwide today, is a British comedy heist which sees the amicably divorced couple and their former neighbours, Jerry (Timothy Spall) and Penelope (Celia Imrie), get up to all sorts of shenanigans, while embracing the limitations of their age, in what promises to be a bag of laughs.

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