2010 American Feature
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Višnjić and Mary Page Keller
Writer/Director: Mike Mills
Following his mother's death, a young man is surprised by his elderly father's announcement that he is gay.
Links:
- Official site
- Internet Movie Database page
- Wikipedia page
- Rotten Tomatoes rating: 84%
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- Movie Dearest interview: Mike Mills
DVD/Blu-ray: Available
Soundtrack: Available
Trailer:
Awards:
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
- BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
- Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Dorian Award nominations for Film Performance of the Year (Plummer) and LGBT-Themed Film of the Year.
- GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film - Wide Release.
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer); also nominated for Best Feature, Director and Screenplay.
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
- National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor (Plummer).
Notes/Trivia:
- Based on the true-life coming out of writer/director Mike Mills' father at the age of 75.
- Christopher Plummer was 82 years old at the time of his Academy Award win for Beginners, which makes him the oldest person to ever win an Oscar for acting.
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