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- 20th Century Women is a refreshingly rich and intelligent female-led drama. It’s also a poignant character study that draws first-rate performances from its cast.
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Dec 23, 2016 · 20th Century Women. Drama. 118 minutes‧ R‧ 2016. Sheila O'Malley. December 23, 2016. 5 min read. Chain-smoking and Birkenstock-wearing 55-year-old Dorothea “comes from the Depression,” explains her 15-year-old son Jamie, as though “The Depression” is the planet Jupiter.
20th Century Women is a 2016 American coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Billy Crudup. It is set in 1979 in Southern California and partly inspired by Mills's childhood.
The take. Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, and many other big names star in this comedy-drama directed by Mike Mills (Beginners, Thumbsucker.) The story spans multiple generations but starts in 1979, where Dorothea Fields (Bening) is finding it increasingly difficult to raise her son alone.
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Jan 13, 2017 · 20th Century Women Is an Ode to Female Resilience Mike Mills’s film is an emotionally smart story about a 15-year-old boy who comes of age with the help of three offbeat women. By Sophie...
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Dec 20, 2016 · 20th Century Women is irreducible, too, although certain adjectives and adverbs do leap to mind: generous, reflective, absolutely delightful. Mills reportedly based the script on his...
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Dec 28, 2016 · 20th Century Women's story of a makeshift family in 1979 evokes a whole century. With stellar performances and great music, it’s a movie that knows how to make room for complex...
20th Century Women is a refreshingly rich and intelligent female-led drama. It’s also a poignant character study that draws first-rate performances from its cast. If Mills intended to make a film about his own youth, the result is a story about the lives of women, the challenges of parenthood, the value of art and a recent past that now seems ...
