Getting to Know Father

Beginners is a movie that, evidently, was a big hit at the Toronto Film Festival last fall.

I didn’t know anything about it until last week when I first saw the trailer.

Starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, and Inglourious Basterds’ Mélanie Laurent, it tells the story of a man (McGregor) who is getting to really know his dear ol’ dad (Plummer), who not only has come out as gay but also has revealed he is terminally ill.

Oh, and there’s a dog in the movie, too – a pooch that responds to most anything McGregor says via subtitles.

I don’t know how, but it seems like it’ll all work, especially the performances: