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20th Century Women

  • 2016
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  • 1h 59m
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Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
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The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.

  • Director
    • Mike Mills
  • Writer
    • Mike Mills
  • Stars
    • Annette Bening
    • Elle Fanning
    • Greta Gerwig
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    47K
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    • Director
      • Mike Mills
    • Writer
      • Mike Mills
    • Stars
      • Annette Bening
      • Elle Fanning
      • Greta Gerwig
    • 141User reviews
    • 234Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 13 wins & 73 nominations total

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    Annette Bening
    Annette Bening
    • Dorothea Fields
    Elle Fanning
    Elle Fanning
    • Julie Hamlin
    Greta Gerwig
    Greta Gerwig
    • Abbie Porter
    Billy Crudup
    Billy Crudup
    • William
    Lucas Jade Zumann
    Lucas Jade Zumann
    • Jamie Fields
    Alison Elliott
    Alison Elliott
    • Julie's Mother
    Thea Gill
    Thea Gill
    • Gail Porter
    Vitaly Andrew LeBeau
    • Young Jamie Fields
    • (as Vitaly A. Lebeau)
    Olivia Hone
    • Julie's Sister
    Waleed Zuaiter
    Waleed Zuaiter
    • Charlie
    Curran Walters
    Curran Walters
    • Matt
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    • Julian
    Alia Shawkat
    Alia Shawkat
    • Trish
    Nathalie Love
    Nathalie Love
    • Cindy
    Cameron Protzman
    Cameron Protzman
    • Teen in Therapy
    Victoria Bruno
    • Teen in Therapy
    John Billingsley
    John Billingsley
    • Abbie's OBGYN
    Cameron Gellman
    Cameron Gellman
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      • Mike Mills
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    • Trivia
      During rehearsals, the cast was encouraged to bring in music they believed their characters listened to. Then, to encourage familiarity among the cast, there would be a dance party where the only rule was that everyone had to dance and it didn't matter what the song was.
    • Goofs
      Dorothea is variously depicted discussing her stock portfolio with her son Jamie, quoting NYSE share prices in decimals, doing this in 1979. However, the switch to decimal from fractional stock prices in the U.S. did not occur until the year 2000.
    • Quotes

      Dorothea: Wondering if you're happy is a great shortcut to just being depressed.

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    Bening should be nominated in one of the best recent films.
    "Guys aren't supposed to look like they're thinking about what they look like." Julie (Elle Fanning)

    No they're not, but in Mike Mills' 20th Century Women, some rules don't apply, and the young man, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), is well on his way to come of age in a most unusual household. It's 1979, before the Internet and Reagan and after the Punk rage. In other words, it's a time of cultural and personal transition.

    No one is more responsible for this cultural migration in the Fields family than Dorothea (Annette Bening), a middle-aged matriarch with wit and lungs that will, in 20 years, surrender to the assault of her incessant smoking (her voice-over narration tells us so). Dorothea has the calm, contemplative, accepting nature to guide her two children, Jamie and Abbie (Greta Gerwig), into a responsible adulthood prefaced by sexual exploration and establishment defiance.

    Although I rarely comment on acting, I must single out Bening for a performance of rich nuance, eschewing the theatrics of Oscar baiting to give us a character with immense affection and uncertainty, just like many of us, I suspect. Her low-key but powerful interpretation should get an Oscar nod.

    While the examination of teen sexuality in flux is well described, so too is Dorothea's odyssey from a broken marriage to a Zen-like acceptance. As in the iconic Seinfeld world, nothing seems to be happening. However beneath that middle-class ambiance lie hearts struggling with their own shifting shapes under the watchful eye of family.

    20th Century Women is all about the overwhelming part family plays in human development, not in grandly dramatic exercises but in the small notes like sitting in bed chatting or going with mother to a nightclub. As the credit sequence will tell you, life turns out fairly well despite the uncertainties of daily vicissitudes documented so distinctly here.
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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • A24 Films
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Twentieth Century Women
    • Filming locations
      • East Beach, Santa Barbara, California, USA(Santa Barbara, CA)
    • Production companies
      • A24
      • Annapurna Pictures
      • Modern People
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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,664,764
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $111,200
      • Jan 1, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,214,806
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.00 : 1

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