Bode Recommends: 20th Century Women (2016)
Has there ever been a certain movie you wish had opened at a certain point in your life? It may seem like a vague question (and believe me, I wish I were a better-enough writer to figure out a better way to frame it), but I’m sure we all have that one. I know I have a few and 20th Century Women is most certainly one of them. The film opened near the end of 2016, where it received critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination the following year for Best Original Screenplay. During that time, I was a college student in my fourth and final year, wading through it all. As I watched it for the first time earlier this year, I was angry - not only at myself for putting it off this long, but angry that Mike Mills didn’t make this any sooner. Because I know if I had watched this as a high schooler, it might’ve changed my life profoundly. Like Mills' previous features Beginners and Thumbsucker , but told in a more sp...
