Day 223: Beginners

Directed By- Mike Mills

Written By- Mike Mills

Starring- Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent

Critics Review- "The film's special mixture of sadness, comedy and hope sneaks up on you and stays in your memory."- Joe Morgenstern "Wall Street Journal"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 84% Audience- 77%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars

My Review-

I was really surprised on how good this movie was, it was a straight forward drama with little bits of comedy here and there. This movie is emotionally driven by all the actors in this movie. Since it was a drama some scenes almost had me on the verge tears and that was during the scenes with all the actors. One actor I really liked was Laurent, it was the second movie with her that I had seen with her, the other being Inglorious Basterds I really liked how she was able to show more of her acting skill then being really angry in her last movie. The comedy aspect was surprisingly between McGregor and his late father's dog. Had not seen many movies from Christopher Plummer, all I know is that he is supposed to be on of the greatest actors of our time. So when he finally won the Oscar for this film some were wondering why it took him so long to win, but while watching this I had time trying to figure out who should have won Best Supporting Actor; Nick Nolte for Warrior or Christopher Plummer for this movie, they both did superb in their films and I could pick who should have won in my opinion but I could not come to a conclusion for this. From what I read, this story is somewhat based on part of what the director Mills went through, and his father telling him that he was gay his whole life, and its done well with McGregor and Plummer, these two actors really make it seem like they are father and son and that their relationship is real. This movie would go up and down with some of the emotions, since it was told in flashbacks, one minute you would be laughing, then the next minute you would feel sad and happy for McGregor's character at the same time. This a movie that should not be missed for many reasons, Plummer's acting, McGregor is actually in a good movie again and the humor is done well to take the mood off some of the depressing parts. So this movie should be watched when you have the time and want to watch a movie that is really good.