#1322c: MILLS, Mike: C'mon C'mon (2021)

MILLS, Mike (United States)

C'mon C'mon [2021]

Spine #1322c

4K

Having excavated his past in Beginners and 20th Century Women, Mike Mills looks toward the future with this compassionate, cathartic story about listening to and learning from the next generation. Shot by acclaimed cinematographer Robbie Ryan in luminous monochrome, C’mon C’mon follows radio journalist Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) as he volunteers to look after his sensitive nine-year-old nephew, Jesse (Woody Norman), while his mother, Viv (Gaby Hoffmann), Johnny’s sister, deals with a personal crisis. As Johnny’s work takes him across the country—from Los Angeles to New York to New Orleans—he forges a bond with Jesse that proves surprisingly transformative. Turning his own experience of fatherhood into soul-enriching art, Mills offers a graceful meditation on caretaking and the connections that sustain us.

109 minutes
5.1 Surround

Black and White
1:66:1

Criterion Release 2026

Director/Writer

Mike Mills was 55 when he wrote and directed C'mon C'mon.

Other Mills films in the Collection:

#1322a: Beginners (2010)
#1322b: 20th Century Women (2016)

The Film

The Extras

The Booklet

Commentary

Video tribute

Documentary 1

Documentary 2

Documentary 3

Controversial altered ending

Theatrical trailer

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