A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.
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- TriviaEwan McGregor was not a dog owner before he made the film. During the course of the shoot, he decided that he absolutely had to get a dog and is now the proud owner of a poodle named Sid.
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Written by Hoagy Carmichael and by Mitchell Parish
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I was thoroughly bored
This film is about a young man whose father came out as being gay and was found to have terminal cancer.
The plot summary of "Beginners" makes the film sound like a touching, introspective and soul searching journey of Oliver, who deals with his father's big changes. These are what "Beginners" could have been like. It could have explored the father's difficult and conflicted life, and Oliver's path to adjustment to such drastic changes. It could have been so touching and engaging.
However, "Beginners" is in reality a jumbled up mess. It concentrates on Oliver's love life with a French woman he met at a party, with occasional flashbacks o his childhood and his father's battle with cancer. The story flips from one time point to another incoherently. The story is no logical focus. The subplot about Oliver's love life is so disjointed that I don't even know what message it wants to portray. Moreover, Oliver's father is the most interesting character in the film, and yet the film is not about him.
I was thoroughly bored by "Beginners". The only redeeming feature of the film is the confession of Oliver's father about his marriage to his wife. The rest of the film is an incoherent bore.
The plot summary of "Beginners" makes the film sound like a touching, introspective and soul searching journey of Oliver, who deals with his father's big changes. These are what "Beginners" could have been like. It could have explored the father's difficult and conflicted life, and Oliver's path to adjustment to such drastic changes. It could have been so touching and engaging.
However, "Beginners" is in reality a jumbled up mess. It concentrates on Oliver's love life with a French woman he met at a party, with occasional flashbacks o his childhood and his father's battle with cancer. The story flips from one time point to another incoherently. The story is no logical focus. The subplot about Oliver's love life is so disjointed that I don't even know what message it wants to portray. Moreover, Oliver's father is the most interesting character in the film, and yet the film is not about him.
I was thoroughly bored by "Beginners". The only redeeming feature of the film is the confession of Oliver's father about his marriage to his wife. The rest of the film is an incoherent bore.
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- Dec 25, 2011
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- Lính Mới
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- Budget
- $3,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,790,894
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $141,340
- Jun 5, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $14,311,701
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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