IPhoto -- It won't open anymore!

Hello,
For the past few months, I have been unable to open iPhoto on my MacBook.  Each time I try, I get the "iPhoto Quit Unexpectedly" window.  So I submit the report each time, but nothing happens in terms of a response.  I have absolutely no idea what to do to open up iPhoto now.  I read a suggestion that people with this problem should simply upgrade to a higher version of iPhoto, but I can't see how I can when I can't open my current version.  Can someone please help me?  (I should mention that I am not a computer genius, so any suggestions in simple terms would be greatly appreciated!)  Thank you very much!

Thank you, Carolyn and Kaz, for your help...
What a mess this has become.  I was able to follow the options that you sent, Carolyn, which allowed me to upgrade iPhoto slightly, just enough so that I could import pictures from my phone.  However, I still have no access to my old pictures via iPhoto, and I cannot import videos from my phone!  It imports a screen image of the videos, but it won't play or import the videos themselves!
Kaz, unfortunately, my MacBook is an older model.  It's from 2008, I believe.

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