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Beginners
He came out at 75 and lived more in four years than in the forty before. It's never too late to begin. 🐶 #Beginners
Who it's for
Beginners intercuts Oliver's grief for his father with a new romance, which mirrors how grief actually sits alongside ordinary life rather than replacing it.
Sad→Hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
Written and directed by Mike Mills, Beginners follows Oliver, a Los Angeles graphic designer, as he grieves his father Hal, who died of lung cancer. After Oliver's mother died, Hal came out as gay at 75 and lived openly in his final years, which Oliver recalls.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A parent's terminal illness and death.
Age: R (MPAA; for language and some sexual content)
No man is an island, entire of itself;John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII
