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Beginners

2010

Mike Mills

Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic ...

6.8

16,445

Drama. Romance Oliver (Ewan McGregor) is a young man who is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father Hal (Christopher Plummer), who is 75 and was married for 38 years: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

	Author	Review
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"A smart screenplay and captivating visual devices deliver genuine emotions in 'Beginners' (...) The chemistry among all the actors is terrific"	POS
United States	David Edelstein New York Magazine	"Marvelously inventive (...) 'Beginners' is like a comic artist’s take on the material in Terrence Malick’s 'The Tree of Life'."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"In wistful tone and mood, Beginners at times hazily evokes the films of Wong Kar-wai (...) the movie's attractions are undeniable."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Laurent and McGregor are the year's most appealing screen couple (...) Beginners is at once melancholy, hopeful and endearingly original (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	“'Beginners' gives Christopher Plummer his plummest role in years"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"One of the pleasures of "Beginners" is the warmth and sincerity of the major characters. (...) It's a hopeful fable with deep optimism and a cheerful style that kids itself. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"The film's special mixture of sadness, comedy and hope sneaks up on you and stays in your memory"	POS

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