Netflix pick for 6/9/15 – ‘Beginners’

Need a little respite from these summer blockbusters? Tired of the parade of soulless product designed specifically to make money? Want something intimate and personal and real? “Beginners” is the perfect solution for your needs, thanks to its wonderful acting, great story and excellent direction, a fantastic film made with the clarity of vision not possible when making a film by committee a la everything that comes out between May and July every single summer.

The movie, written and directed by Mike Mills, centers on Oliver (Ewan McGregor) during a crucial time in his life. His relationship with his father (Christopher Plummer, who won an Academy Award for this performance) in the final years years of his life took a turn when his father came out of the closet following the death of Oliver’s mother, and when his dad starts being a more honest person about who he is, his relationship with his son starts to improve as well.

And Oliver also meets Anna (Melanie Laurent) at a party and coming off his own failed relationships, he decides to finally take a chance and try his hand at this romance thing once more, and the portrayal of this evolving relationship is very real and personal and rings true, much like the rest of the film, which is why it all works so well. It has its own unique voice and makes for a wonderful little movie.

Just check out “Beginners” for yourself here on Netflix and see for yourself, this is some good stuff.