Beginners

This is what love feels like

A struggling artist meets an unpredictable young woman only months after his father has passed away. This new love floods him with memories of his father who came out of the closet after his wife of 44 years had passed away, only to discover he had cancer. Nevertheless, he lived his remaining years to the full with a young lover. Now his son tries to emulate that approach to life in his own romance.

105 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, Gay interest, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I'll keep this one in the closet.

Credits

Cast	Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller
Director	Mike Mills
Screenplay	Mike Mills
Music	Roger Neill, David Palmer, Brian Reitzell
Cinematography	Kasper Tuxen
Editing	Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Made in	2010
Produced by	Olympus Pictures, Parts and Labor

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Some, moderate, not gratuitous
Nudity	Very brief
Sex	Very mild
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Infrequent mild profanities
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Largely adult themes treated in a sensitive way.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Whitty take on relationships in slice-of-life film	15
Die Burger Laetitia Pople	10
Cape Times Christy Lemire Coming-out comedy observant,dryly funny	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Like many dogs, it shrugs off setbacks and keeps hoping it can go outside and play.	18
ScreenIt T. Durgin This is a sad, wise, little film that sneaks up on you in spots.	12
Metacritic.com 36 critics	16
Rottentomatoes critics 128 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Wearing its twee heart on its sleeve, Beginners explores the depths of modern, multi-generational romance with wit and depth.	17
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	15
What the People say
Internet 4945 Netizens The History of Sadness	15
Average .. 72%	14