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Middle Age Spread (1995)

Middle Age Spread poster
Directed by
John Reid
Genre
comedy film
Country
New Zealand
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A group of midlife friends in New Zealand cope with growing older and the changes it brings. The film follows their personal and social embarrassments in a series of comic situations.

lightheartedwryplayfulslightly awkwardobservationalunfussymildly bittersweet

What happens

Middle Age Spread is a 1979 New Zealand film. It is an adaptation of the Roger Hall play of the same name. This is John Reid's directorial feature debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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