Funny, creative, sentimental, emotional, romantic & more...This film portrays a father and his daughter's story. The father seems to be immature but he's not, the daughter seems to hate his father but she's not. They both are same , they don't express their feelings, their love to each other. Will they ever come to know how much they love each other? You have to watch.Michel Blanc reminds me of Woody Allen, and his characterization too. Mélanie Laurent is beautiful. Great Soundtrack(Even though i don't know much about western music, i enjoyed ), decent photography, great performances. GREAT FILM. DO WATCH.

This is a movie from the heart. Anyone who had a good father unable to openly express his love will see much of their own relationship reflected in the father/daughter dynamic portrayed. Perhaps more common to all, the film is a warm reminder about opening our hearts to those around us. This deeply touching story was well balanced with humor. I wholeheartedly recommend this film.Incidentaly, the soundtrack "Aurora" by A.Cohen made an outstanding contribution to the film's story telling. I notice it was not in the original soundtrack, which leads me to believe the soundtrack had been revised. Much for the better, though. Kudos!!

Mélanie Laurent seemed so fresh and charming in "Beginners" that we thought we'd give this one a try. Here she plays a character, Juliette, so hard-workingly quirky and self-absorbed that very little charm shows through; Michel Blanc is more appealing as Eli, her neglectful but repentant garmento father, but writer-director Jennifer Devoldère's Parisian version of Jewish humor seems pale and derivative compared to just about any of our own homegrown varieties (not sure why the subtitlist translated "schmuck" as "schwanz," btw). The comic fantasy aspects of the script seem too silly and contrived to bear any emotional weight; students of brand-name humor in the Eurozone may appreciate the feeble riffs on Starbucks vs. Illy, Crocks, Ebay and Dr. Dre, others not so much. Helpful suggestion—"Beginners" turns up on cable from time to time and is available from Netflix on Blu-ray and DVD.

Just so im not misunderstood...i love french films. We rented this after reading the storyline which we found to be really interesting. A dad trying to understand his daughter by bonding with her ex's. However, this was just a simple story that failed to become an interesting or complete movie. It's like the writer had a fine idea that was not developed in any way. Whole chunks of the story are left out, it just seemed to be a jumble of short scenes that do not build on each other whatsoever. We never fully understand any of the leads reasoning or reactions. We don't ever understand why they interact the way they do. There is no point to anything. Why did the dad never send the postcards? All those ex- boyfriends at the funeral...where the hell where they for the rest of the hour and a half? At the end Justine says that boxer-boy was the only one who didn't play golf with her dad...what does that MEAN???? Holes in the script and plot are filled with emotional outbursts and a few good jokes. Simply a mediocre, fluffy, wannabe hip drama-comedy.