Beginners

2011 "This is what love feels like."

Beginners

7.2 | 1h45m | R | en | Drama

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.

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7.2 | 1h45m | R | en | Drama , Comedy , Romance | More Info

Released: June. 17,2011 | Released Producted By: Parts & Labor , Olympus Pictures Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://focusfeatures.com/beginners

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Cast

Ewan McGregor , Christopher Plummer , Mélanie Laurent

Director

Shane Valentino

Producted By

Parts & Labor , Olympus Pictures

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Cast

Ewan McGregor

as Oliver Fields

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Christopher Plummer

as Hal Fields

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Mélanie Laurent

as Anna Wallace

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Reviews

merelyaninnuendo BeginnersA different perspective to peek into the family drama genre by metaphorically surviving through analyzing the changes in humanity, love and relations is easily a winning script. The writer-director Mike Mills is not only a smart observer that applies the ideology on paper but also aces in executing that paper on screen that will only speak wonder. Ewan McGregor; the protagonist carries it off with head held high and is supported thoroughly by a great cast and performance i.e. Christopher Plummer and Melanie Laurent. Beginners has an eerie perspective, powerful concept and amusing characters that is enlightened by stellar performance, perfect editing and excellent execution.

Monika Ka I usually don't enjoy such a slow films like this, especially with this drama and topic. McGregor's performance is outstanding. He delivers all kinds of human emotions in a very captivating way. If it wasn't for him the whole movie wouldn't be that interesting. Dealing with difficult long distance relationship and dying relative is hard enough on its own, not mention combined together. Great film.

Kirpianuscus its great virtue is the accuracy to present sides of solitude. the need to escape from yourself. the small joy, the fight against death, the ordinaries duties who defines choices, the run to a sketch of happiness. the acting does each of points credible and almost seductive. a film about beginnings. and the revelations of the trip. slice of ordinary life, it is a film who not must be nice or victim of success. but only a slice of small conflicts and strange solutions. and could be enough. because it is simple to transforms reality in your shadow. the performance of Christopher Plummer is one of the most important arguments.

cheergal The movie is not deep but touched the edges of stern issues in lives. It's not really what I thought would be before watched it. But it gave me some fresh air. The story is surrounding a supposing nice guy who has his own piques from his childhood and his parents' dysfunctional marriage. The ambiguities and clandestineness made him timid to his own relationship. His father was a closet gay who I feel his selfishness almost cost his son's well-deserved love relationship. I can see the director steered that part away and turn it into a positive enforcement.We often sympathized those married closet homosexual people. I think we blame the society doesn't accept them with open arms so they had to marry to hide their sexuality. Nevertheless, we rarely are at their spouses' points of views. You also could say they made their own bed so sleep on it. It might as well be true. But those unaware spouses and their children would become innocent victims under it. So by saying love conquers all which would be improbably applied in those cases.This is not a movie looking into deep issues by just brushing around lightly. It's fine when you are a bystander. However, I would like to see more insights if there would be some.