Review: Young@ Heart

I recommend the uplifting documentary movie “YOUNG AT HEART”.

I found the documentary touching and honest. It's funny, amusing, sad, and inspirational at the same time. It deals with the wonder of life found so close to the presence of death.

Filmmaker Stephen Walker handles the sometimes difficult-to-film private aspects living and dying with respect. This film isn’t about old people singing; it’s about human beings who sing and happen to be old.

The Young@Heart Chorus website states:

“It is possible to grow old gracefully.
It is possible to grow old without growing boring.”

The chorus members truly are “young at heart” and have the ambition required to inspire and help others. The chorus proves there should not be a limit in whatever a person decides to do with his or her life, no matter what your age. On the group’s website, Chorus Director Bob Cilman says,

“The current performers in Young@Heart range in age from 72 to 88. There are some with prior professional theater or music experience, others who have performed extensively on the amateur level, and some who never stepped onto a stage before turning eighty.”

The documentary (like the chorus) is a tribute to life. In the film, we meet an unusual choir: senior citizens in Massachusetts who tackle contemporary music with gusto and sophistication instead of interpreting the usual standards.

“None of the current performers of Y@H were part of the original group that formed in 1982, but they have kept alive the spirit of the early pioneers and continue to push the group into glorious new directions.”

The YouTube clips don’t do this group justice; you need to see this film. I myself am adding it to my home collection to watch it again and again.
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Choir Website: www.youngatheartchorus.com
Documentary Website: www.foxsearchlight.com/youngatheart/