Beginners

Movie • 2011 • Drama  

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Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Are there spiders?
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Arms restrained using straps by a nurse in a hospital bed.
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Bodily Harm
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Oliver shaves his sick elderly father's face.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Children
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Does a parent die?
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male lead's father dies of cancer
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Many scenes are of the father in a hospital room getting treated for cancer.
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Is there misophonia?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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female lead expressed suicidal ideation to male lead
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A half-Jewish character makes some generalizations about Jewish people.
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elderly man and young adult
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quick nude boob shot
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There are scenes where it is obvious to the audience that two of the characters had just finished having s*x but nothing graphic is shown.
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Sickness
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Anonymous
It's a pretty ambiguous ending so I guess whether you consider it happy or sad is based on your own interpretation. I'd say it's both.
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