20th Century Women Page #4

Synopsis: Love, life, and the struggles of a mother bringing up a son in the the late 70's. The ignorance of a free spirit against the needs of a young man trying to find his true character and beliefs. Living in a bohemian household shared with 3 like minded spirited people to help pay the rent, his mother tries to establish bonds that he cannot deal with. She cannot deal with his inability to talk, and enlists the help of other females in his life to share the burden of his upbringing. Slowly life unravels for them all without understanding how. In spite of their perceived struggles, they all go on to live defined lives without any serious consequences.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Mike Mills
Production: A24 Films
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 67 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
2016
119 min
$5,663,854
Website
879 Views


Yeah, but if it makes him this mad,

then maybe it wasn't a good idea.

Maybe...

Maybe I did the wrong thing.

I...

- With the kid, I mean.

- Yeah I know.

I think that Jamie's energy is very...

Unstable.

Well, you're right.

Then there's an energy crisis, maybe that...

Plays into it someway.

I'm sorry.

You don't have very..

many funny lines do you?

Okay.

Jamie...

Jamie.

Hey.

Hey.

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Can I come in?

Sure.

So I had this new idea for my photography.

I was gonna...

take a picture of everything...

That I own,

so it will be self-portrait.

Myself...

through the stuff that I have.

Can I show you?

So...

Bra, birth control,

On Photography by Susan Sontag, Shoes.

Underwear.

a picture of a picture of my mom.

I'm gonna do a bunch of them.

It's a little bit...

It's a little bit sad.

You know, all these stuff together...

I don't know why that is.

None, I mean...

You know what I mean?

It's really beautiful, Abbie.

Do you wanna fool around with me?

Really?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I do.

You know..

I'm recovering from cervical cancer.

I know.

Your hair smells good.

I make my own shampoo.

Of course you do.

It's OK Jeeves, he's back.

You can relax now.

Where were you?

We went to the Starwood,

saw a show.

You know, in LA

I had a lot of fun.

Are you drunk?

Don't.

What's wrong?

Tim Drammer came inside me.

I don't wanna hear this sh*t.

We broke into that old pool at the

rec center.

Got loaded.

F***ed around.

And me and Tim ended up in his mom's

Maverick.

Did you just cum?

Yeah.

You said you would pull out.

Yeah.

Sorry.

Thought we had a deal there.

F***!

What're you gonna do?

It'll be fine.

Your mom asked me to like, help, raise you.

Yes I know.

She was raised in the Depression.

everyone helped raise everyone.

You know, the whole neighborhood

raised the kids.

Sorry.

Can we do therapy?

Jesus, I don't want to do

therapy right now

- Let's role play.

- Please no.

I'll be your mom, and you can

tell her what you wanna tell her.

Just do it.

- I don't want to talk to my mom.

- What would you say to her?

Okay.

I don't need your help, Mom.

I've got it.

I'm okay.

I, I'm gonna need a story.

What?

A story.

- What do you mean?

- Like...

A story.

Where...

I'm just a normal woman.

and...

you're a photographer.

And you're photographing me, but...

While you are doing it...

You can't help yourself and

you start touching me.

And...

You touch me.

And you...

Say...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Really?

I'm can't just be myself?

No.

- Okay, so...?

- Nice to meet you.

Oh, hi, Do I just look in the camera?

- Or should I look off to the side?

- Let's start that way...

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Mike Mills

Michael C. "Mike" Mills is an American film and music video director and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films Thumbsucker and Beginners. more…

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