It’s a pretty common plot device to age up a character by flashing forward to the future, but how well do the make-up artists of Hollywood manage to get it right? As the following supercut shows, some films manage to get it pretty close, while other prosthetics and wigs look laughably silly.

Taking a look at some of the biggest film stars and biggest franchises ever to grace celluloid – including the likes of Back to the Future and The Godfather trilogy – we see that there is a lot more to it than running some talcum powder through an actor’s hair.

Take a look at the full video below, edited by Filminick:

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