20th Century Women Page #5

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


- looking in the camera.

- Okay.

Should I smile?

Do you like to smile?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Okay.

Oh, you took it. I thought you are gonna

say like 1, 2, 3...

- No. I just wait for the moment.

- Okay.

I just have to fix something.

It's right here.

- I am sorry.

- Not it's alright.

I don't mind.

I've just never done this before.

So...

I'm still little bit nervous.

But...

- I can wear my hair differently.

- Abbie.

Yeah?

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

Julie and I have been

friends since we were little.

She likes to say she's self

destructive.

His mother is a therapist.

We used to talk and I...

She makes Julie attend her teen group

sessions.

What about the possibility?

That you're choosing boys

who are inappropriate?

Unconsciously.

When her mother remarried, Julie

changed.

When her half sister

Amanda was born...

with Cerebral Palsy, she changed more.

You know what I mean.

Wow. It looks really pretty on you,

it just makes your whole face pop.

Like soda pop.

She started fooling around.

She started sneaking into my house.

Sleeping over.

- Because you did?

- Because I'm crazy.

You want to be crazy.

Scratch me.

We should go up the coast somewhere.

Just me and you.

Julie works at the La Cumbre Plaza

mall.

Spring rain features cinnamon,

jasmine, lily-of-the-valley and rose.

Sex is commitment.

once you're there,

you cant go back to holding hands.

and once you give yourself

both mentally and physically...

well, you're completely vulnerable.

All he cares about is his

new wife and her birthday.

And Christmas with her and her family.

And inviting all of her family.

Spring rain features cinnamon,

jasmine, lily-of-the-valley and rose.

Of all the misconceptions about

love...

the most powerful and persuasive is

the belief that falling in love...

is love.

or at least one of the manifestations of

love.

Love is supposed to be a feeling

that you feel.

People say that they're falling in love...

but they're not actually falling in

love.

It's a fake connection that

you feel with some.

and marriage should never happen.

YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED,

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU.

DIE!

Hey, Julie.

- Hey.

- Hi.

So come on in.

It's Okay, come in.

He's not up yet.

He got in kinda late.

Hey you wanna help me

bring this stuff in?

So is Jamie okay?

Yeah.

He's okay.

I heard by him come in last night.

I was awake.

Right.

Yea, I was just, couldn't sleep.

so I was, you know, listening for him.

How was the show?

Good.

Next time you take a trip,

just let me know, okay?

I won't make too much dinner.

Hey, do the stocks with me?

Yeah.

Okay, IBM.

IBM, $69.73

Xerox.

You okay?

Xerox, $53.92.

- Stop.

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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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