20th Century Women (2016) (original) (raw)

The film focuses on three women in Santa Barbara in 1979 who set out to teach the teen son of one of them how to be a man.

The film focuses on three women in Santa Barbara in 1979 who set out to teach the teen son of one of them how to be a man. (less)

Director: Mike Mills
Writer: Mike Mills
Starring: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann, Alison Elliott
Producer: Megan Ellison

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Review by Brian Orndorf, January 19, 2017

9 / 10

In 2010�s �Beginners,� writer/director Mike Mills mined personal experiences to inform a tender story of parental understanding and acceptance, delivering a level of intimacy his debut effort, 2005�s �Thumbsucker,� completely lacked. �Beginners� offered a more exploratory viewing experience, and Mills wisely builds on it for �20th Century Women,� which also presents a semi-autobiographical approach to best capture nuanced human behavior. Taking audiences to 1979, a year of remarkable social, political, and music transitions, Mills inspects ways of sexuality, friendships, and maturation, but he ...read more...

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