1. Beginners (2010) - Film International
Sep 19, 2011 · Beginners is Mike Mills's second feature film, following 2005's Thumbsucker, which intrigued me through its vulnerable perspective. In Beginners ...
By Janine Gericke. I have to say that I adore this film. Beginners is Mike Mills’s second feature film, following 2005’s Thumbsucker, which intrigued me through its vulnerable perspective. In Beginners, Mills creates a delicate story based on his own experiences. It’s packed with a spread of incredibly sweet and absolutely heartbreaking moments. At […]
2. Beginners - Rotten Tomatoes
Mike Mills treats love and loss with a disarming tenderness and a refusal of sentimentality that make Beginners, his second feature, something of an anomaly ...
After his mother dies, Oliver (Ewan McGregor) is stunned when his father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, comes out of the closet. When Hal passes away a few years later, Oliver grows depressed, struggling with his failing career as an artist while constantly remembering his childhood and time spent with his dad. Oliver's loneliness is eased when he meets actress Anna (Mélanie Laurent), but their relationship is threatened by their mutual fear of commitment.
3. Review: Beginners
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4. Beginners – review | Romance films | The Guardian
Jul 21, 2011 · Ewan McGregor stars in a charming, offbeat romantic comedy. By Peter Bradshaw.
Ewan McGregor stars in a charming, offbeat romantic comedy. By Peter Bradshaw
5. Beginners : The History of Sadness - Story Screen
Feb 27, 2017 · Writer/Director Mike Mills has received some Oscar buzz for his 2016 film, 20th Century Women, so as February draws to a close, ...
Mike Mills 2010 tale explores identity, love and the merits of acceptance....
6. "Beginners" director Mike Mills on the real-life story behind his acclaimed ...
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As he welcomes an interviewer to his table at The Mansion on Peachtree, "Beginners" director-writer Mike Mills has a request: "May I film your handwriting? It's very nice. I'd like to do an entire documentary just on how people write."
7. Beginners (2010) - Film International
Sep 6, 2011 · Beginners (2010) · Academy Award® nominee Christopher Plummer (left) and Ewan McGregor (right) star as father and son in writer/director Mike ...
By Jacob Mertens. In the opening moments of Mike Mills’ Beginners we see a vase of dead flowers against a dirty kitchen window. The camera is tight, shallow focus, not letting the room breathe. The film cuts to Ewan McGregor’s character Oliver wandering through a near empty house. He dumps […]
8. Beginners (2011) - Keeping It Reel
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written by: Mike Mills produced by: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Jay Van Joy & Dean Vanech directed by: Mike Mills rated R (for language and some sexual content) 105 min U.S…
9. 'Beginners' is a Warm-Hearted Look at the Evolution of Relationships
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Mike Mills’ “Beginners” looked like the kind of movie I live to avoid. The son caring for his father who has a terminal disease, them making amends with each other before time runs out the relation…
10. 'Beginners': A Marvelously Inventive Comedy - NPR
Jun 2, 2011 · With Beginners, Mike Mills puts himself in a league with Allen and Charlie Kaufman; his movie is marvelously inventive, and all those inventions ...
Ewan McGregor stars in Mike Mills' film about a young man who learns that his 75-year-old father (Christopher Plummer) is gay. Critic David Edelstein says the movie, based on Mills' own life puts the filmmaker in a category alongside Woody Allen and Charlie Kaufman. (Recommended)
11. Beginners | Movie Review | Deep Focus Review
Nov 16, 2011 · Beginners is a film in which, much like its characters, humorous quirks attempt to disguise the substantial emotions at play just under the surface.
Beginners is a film in which, much like its characters, humorous quirks attempt to disguise the substantial emotions at play just under the surface. A
12. Beginners - Dominican Life USA
So, for better or worse, they made do with what they had. The movie also examines the state of happiness. In his final years, Hal sheds his inhibitions and ...
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13. Mike Mills on "Beginners" and Making Stories About Ourselves. - Blog
Mike Mills on "Beginners" and Making Stories About Ourselves. Date Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 6:46PM. Christopher Plummer and Mike Mills promoting ...
Christopher Plummer and Mike Mills promoting "Beginners" Sometimes the beginning of awar...