Age gap relationships on screen have now been flipped - no longer is the standard an older man with a younger woman, we're seeing a full role reversal, from The Perfect Find to The Idea of You, to Babygirl to the most recent installment Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy... But does that mean this is a good thing or are we just falling into the same issues? Are these May/December romances good for everyone?
Movies we're getting into:
Home Again
The Perfect Find
Lonely Planet
Babygirl
No Hard Feelings
The Idea of You
Bridget Jones - mad about the boy
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:39 Age gap tropes
05:50 Women are reclaiming sexiness
11:13 The dating pool sucks
16:05 Am I just ruining a good for her moment?
21:04 Mommy 🥵
27:58 Tier list *spoilers
54:55 What if the genders switched in these movies?
01:02:12 Final thoughts
Video recommended:
@KennieJD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEa9uSoqp4
Study:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2416984122
Sources:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aap9815
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dane-cooks-new-fiancee-was-a-teen-when-they-started-dating-and-its-creeping-people-out/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ajanibazile/actor-age-gaps-parent-child
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53335906
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hollywoods-rom-age-disparity-decades-a-scorecard-1262428/
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/11/armie-hammer-denies-cannibalism-claims-in-louis-theroux-interview
https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/did-laura-dern-get-plastic-surgery-the-actress-transformation/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/27/both-men-and-women-prefer-younger-partners-study-finds