2010 · drama · romance · indie
Beginners
Directed by Mike Mills1h 44m2010
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.
Our read: Beginners (2010) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · romance · indie entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- tender
- intimate
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