Beginners (2011)

R06/03/2011Drama, Romance, Comedy1h 45m
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This is what love feels like.

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ewan McGregor

    Oliver Fields

  2. Cast 1

    Christopher Plummer

    Hal Fields

  3. Cast 1

    Mélanie Laurent

    Anna Wallace

  4. Cast 1

    Goran Višnjić

    Andy

  5. Cast 1

    Kai Lennox

    Elliot

  6. Cast 1

    Mary Page Keller

    Georgia Fields

  7. Keegan Boos

    Young Oliver

  8. Cast 1

    China Shavers

    Shauna

  9. Cast 1

    Melissa Tang

    Liz

**The movie works well, but there are some details in the story told that, to me, make little sense. Am sorry.** Generally, I don't really like films that are too apologetic, that is, films that use cinema to advocate and defend causes, political ideas, social movements. It's OK to be part of the plot of a movie, but to make a movie for defense/publicity of these ideas is another very different thing. When I started to see this movie, I was scared to find just another movie defending the gay lobby, and its social and political flags. Well, now that I'm done, I'm relieved that my fears di...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$3,200,000.00

Revenue $14,311,701.00

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