age lift
Age Lift. â The Nostalgia Critic, in his review of the 2000 version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! In the process of adapting a work, many things don't translate very well into a different medium. An Age Lift is when the age of the character in question is changed or glossed over for the sake of the story. The idea is that the discrepancy between character and actor is much smaller, and in some cases, the exact age is not that important to the character.