75 is a bit old for a beginner. And so is 35, for that matter. Yet that is what we have here in this story of Hal, who comes out as gay at age 75 after his wife dies, and his son, Oliver, who grapples with his father's life and death and his own inability to commit to a relationship. A warm, funny, very clever movie, "Beginners" is the work of writer/director Mike Mills, who based the story on his own experiences with his father. Deftly, exuberantly played by Christopher Plummer as the dad, and wryly, subtly played by Ewan McGregor as the son, the movie jumps from epoch to epoch effortlessly, giving us glimpses of Oliver's childhood and the distance he sensed between his parents to his dad's new gay life to his own flirtation with and growing affection for a French actress (the arrestingly beautiful Melanie Laurent). A fantastic effort, there's even a Jack Russell with clever lines.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Beginners ****
75 is a bit old for a beginner. And so is 35, for that matter. Yet that is what we have here in this story of Hal, who comes out as gay at age 75 after his wife dies, and his son, Oliver, who grapples with his father's life and death and his own inability to commit to a relationship. A warm, funny, very clever movie, "Beginners" is the work of writer/director Mike Mills, who based the story on his own experiences with his father. Deftly, exuberantly played by Christopher Plummer as the dad, and wryly, subtly played by Ewan McGregor as the son, the movie jumps from epoch to epoch effortlessly, giving us glimpses of Oliver's childhood and the distance he sensed between his parents to his dad's new gay life to his own flirtation with and growing affection for a French actress (the arrestingly beautiful Melanie Laurent). A fantastic effort, there's even a Jack Russell with clever lines.
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