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I Hope It Lasts (Forever)

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (14)

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Sometimes you watch a trailer and then you watch it again, wanting it to keep going on and last forever. This is one of those trailers. Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor, Mélanie Laurent…and a dog. Ewan plays Oliver, whose elderly father, Hal (Plummer) comes out and then tells Oliver he has both a young lover and terminal cancer. Laurent is Anna, just starting a relationship with Oliver. What could be hokey and overdone, instead feels sweet and real and moving. Like Blue Valentine, even though there’s a sense this will be heartbreaking experience, we’re left with a feeling it will be worth it to take a ride with these characters.

Beginners is writer/director Mike Mills’ (Thumbsucker) second feature film and will be in theaters June 3, 2011.









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Comments

I see what you mean; I've watched it twice already.

I think the trailer benefits from an excellent choice of music and the lack of voice-over man.


Posted by: Simon at January 31, 2011 5:16 PM

"This is what it's supposed to feel like."

Oh god, movie. Do that to me in between two Nor'easters in the coldest, darkest part of the year. Yeah, I can take it.

Posted by: twig at January 31, 2011 6:31 PM

Great. And I had just finished polishing the hard spiky shell around my heart. Now it looks like a Cadbury creme egg.

Posted by: mrcreosote at January 31, 2011 7:41 PM

That made me all warm and tingly in the space where my heart should be. DAMN YOU, CINDY!

Posted by: feramones at January 31, 2011 7:43 PM

And WHY is nobody commenting on the (possible) fact that Goran Visnjic is the younger lover? That's twelve different kinds of awesome.

(Disclaimer: This is a crossposting from the facespace. It was THAT important.)

Posted by: feramones at January 31, 2011 7:47 PM

I'm just thinking my four girlfriends didn't average out to nearly that long a duration, but I won't hold that against you.

Posted by: Jay at January 31, 2011 7:47 PM

HEART*

*I'm too lazy to look up the tag.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at January 31, 2011 7:56 PM

Also, I'm not disappointed that there's a few moments of Kenobi in there.

Posted by: Jay at January 31, 2011 8:59 PM

ah fuck, this IS going to break my heart, isn't it?

Posted by: soto at January 31, 2011 9:01 PM

I love Ewan McGregor, and I will watch this movie, and I will probably cry. And then I'll love Ewan even more.

Posted by: kate the great at January 31, 2011 9:34 PM

I'm aghast that Christopher Plummer's only an Academy Award Nominee.

Posted by: duckandcover at February 1, 2011 12:55 AM

duckandcover, it is a ghastworthy fact. I do not blame you at all.

Posted by: A-schaef at February 1, 2011 7:19 AM

God bless Christopher Plummer for completely reinventing his legacy in his 70s and 80s.
Take note Robert DeNiro: THIS is how you have a later life career that people will talk about without snickering long after you're gone .

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 1, 2011 10:39 AM

i'm not an animal person but that dog was adorable; the movie looks good too

Posted by: splinter at February 1, 2011 4:51 PM