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Beginners
(2010)
 
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Director:
Mike Mills |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Drama/Comedy |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Beginners |
RUNNING
TIME
104
minutes |
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Producer:
Leslie Urdang
Lars Knudsen
Dean Vanech
Jay Van Hoy
Miranda de Pencier |
Screenwriter:
Mike Mills |
Review
I'm sure it could have been
interesting to explore Christopher Plummer's character and his
relationship with his son (played by Ewan McGregor), who is chosen as
the focal point of this story, looking back at his genealogy and his
relationship with his father. That is, had Beginners not been
directed with such sloppiness by Mike Mills (2005's slightly better
Thumbsucker). The film has an occasional clairvoyance, but most of
the effect is wasted on a flat and cutified romance and Mills'
self-inflicted indie prison. In the end, not much works the way it
should with Beginners, and Plummer's promising character is never
fulfilled or given the fertilizer to grow into a performance worthy of
the Oscar he received for the part.
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