A good movie

Since I kept hearing good things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. When it was done, I discovered that Mike Mills was the same guy who directed ‘Thumbsucker’, another movie I saw a few months ago, and it figures. Indeed, both movies were well directed, Mills managed to create a nice mood and I liked the attention he gave to his characters but, in both movies, there was a little bit too much to tell. I mean, not only the main character learns that his father is gay, but soon after his father gets cancer and dies. It would be enough for one movie, but it doesn’t stop here, as Oliver, the main character, also falls in love afterwards. And there were also some flashbacks about his youth and also some running jokes involving his father’s dog. I mean, I did like the whole thing but it would have worked better by either focusing on the girlfriend or on the father. Still, it remains a charming love story and the actors were great. Ewan McGregor remains one of the best actors of his generation and Christopher Plummer completely deserved the Academy award for his performance. To conclude, even though it didn’t completely work out, it remains a pretty good flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10