Beginners poster

Beginners

This is what love feels like.

6.8(1,190)20111h 45m4

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3.2M
Box office
$14.3M
Language
English
  • coming out
  • cancer
  • relationship
  • gay parent
  • lgbt
  • older man younger man relationship
  • father son relationship

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Mike Mills

Writers

Mike Mills

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR3 Jun 2011
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1522 Jul 2011
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM25 Aug 2011
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2010
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical16 Sept 2011
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical12Universal26 Oct 2011
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical14 Jun 2011
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical09 Jun 2011
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical18 Aug 2011
  • HungaryHU

    • Digital / OTT1617 Nov 2011
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15A22 Jul 2011
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG4 Feb 2012

Frequently asked questions

Beginners was released on 3 June 2011.

Audience reviews

2
  • A

    Andres Gomez

    9/3/2013

    8/10

    A really delightful drama with superb performances and a great editing.

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    9/6/2022

    4/10

    **The movie works well, but there are some details in the story told that, to me, make little sense. Am sorry.** Generally, I don't really like films that are too apologetic, that is, films that use cinema to advocate and defend causes, political ideas, social movements. It's OK to be part of the plot of a movie, but to make a movie for defense/publicity of these ideas is another very different thing. When I start…

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