Beginners (2011) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	June 3, 2011
On DVD:	November 15, 2011
Genre:	Drama, Romance
Director:	Mike Mills
Writer:	Mike Mills
Cast:	Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic
Studio:	Focus Features
Official site:	beginnersmovie.com
Running Time:	104 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for language and some sexual content

From writer/director Mike Mills comes a comedy/drama about how deeply funny and transformative life can be, even at its most serious moments. “Beginners” imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Golden Globe Award nominee Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent of “Inglourious Basterds”) only months after his father Hal (Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) has passed away. This new love floods Oliver...

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Your mom's dead. I'm gay and have a young male lover. Oh, and I have cancer. Not exactly what you expect or want to hear from your 75-year-old father. Ewan McGregor stars as Oliver, a man who faces these scenarios and more in Beginners, an extremely good romantic drama that also stars Christopher Plummer and Melanie Laurent.

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