Elle Fanning’s Near-Perfect $7M Masterpiece Officially Makes Streaming Comeback
Mike Mills’s coming-of-age film *20th Century Women*, starring Elle Fanning, will return to free streaming on Plex from 1 November. The news comes ahead of Fanning’s appearance in *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping*, and may introduce more viewers to a performance the article describes as underrated.
The film follows a determined single mother who asks two younger women to help raise her adolescent son, and is loosely inspired by Mills’s childhood. Fanning stars with Lucas Jade Zumann, Annette Bening and Greta Gerwig. The article describes it as a $7 million film and notes that its earlier review praised its delicate storytelling.
In short
- *20th Century Women* streams free on Plex from 1 November.
- Elle Fanning stars alongside Annette Bening and Greta Gerwig.
- The coming-of-age story draws loosely on director Mike Mills’s childhood.
Explained simply
20th Century Women is a 2016 coming-of-age film written and directed by Mike Mills, drawing loosely on his childhood in 1970s California. It follows a single mother who asks two younger women to help guide her adolescent son as he grows up.
Annette Bening plays the mother, with Lucas Jade Zumann as her son and Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig as the women she turns to for help. The film explores family, relationships and changing ideas about growing up, and its return to free streaming may bring it to viewers who have not seen it before.