Fresh
The film is not about a straight man's struggle to understand how his father is gay; it's about learning that happiness is always possible if you're brave enough to keep your heart open.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Beginners
This is what love feels like.
2011 · 1h 44m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Mike Mills
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"Beginners" is warm and revealing and bittersweet, if a trifle all over the place stylistically and thematically.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
A strange and beautiful film.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
"Beginners" is a delightful film - gentle, playful, creative and ultimately happy - though it's a tricky journey.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Rotten
Excruciatingly faux-naive and sentimental...
Richard Brody, New Yorker
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