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1996 Certificate 15
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In this post-coming-of-age comedy, a high school reunion in a small Massachusetts town gives a group of buddies plenty of opportunities to try and sort out their views about women and life. From the former stud-turned-snowplow operator to the aspiring nightclub musician who escaped to New York, these clueless cads can only hope .. Read more

Starring Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Rapaport
Director Ted Demme
Genres Comedy, Romance

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Beautiful Girls

In this post-coming-of-age comedy, a high school reunion in a small Massachusetts town gives a group of buddies plenty of opportunities to try and sort out their views about women and life. From the former stud-turned-snowplow operator to the aspiring nightclub musician who escaped to New York, these clueless cads can only hope for some female guidance.

Starring Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman, Noah Emmerich, Annabeth Gish, Lauren Holly, Max Perlich, Martha Plimpton, Natalie Portman, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Director Ted Demme
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 48 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy, Romance
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 07 Jan 2002
Production year: 1996
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (6) of Beautiful Girls

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    A starry cast illuminates this high-school reunion movie, though the end result is rather disappointingly low-key and lacking in sparkle. Timothy Hutton is the New York pianist at a crossroads in his life who returns to his small-town roots and is depressed to discover that his schoolmates — including Matt Dillon — are stuck in dead-end jobs. If director Ted Demme's situations are stereotypical — the men mainly talk about sex over beers — the film is made memorable by writer Scott Rosenberg's cutting dialogue, and his script here has the same sharp edge he brought to his earlier work on Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. The women — Mira Sorvino and Uma Thurman among them — are mostly well drawn, but the bigger stars are upstaged by Natalie Portman as Hutton's intelligent and surprisingly mature teenage neighbour. The film remains involving to the end, but considering the weight of talent on board it should have been much better.

    • Radio Times
  • 1 stars out of 4

    A single-minded ensemble piece, in which sex is relentlessly discussed; its cast is rather young for the prevalent repining for the recent past.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 18 out of 30 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Ice fishing at its best!

    The Breakfast club for the 30somethings and a masterpiece of comedy and observation.

    I would pack this film into my library of classics without a second thought.

    Natalie Portman’s powerful and beguiling supporting performance shines out in an already powerful film.

    The tensions and situations prevailing throughout the film are easily identifiable and you’ll not be hard pressed to feel involved in the group.

    Even with snow and the winter so in evidence throughout the film I was still warmed by the humour and dialogue and felt saddened when the film finally ended.

      • JustAnOpinion from Surrey
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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Internal Beauty Arrives Slowly

    The moral of this slow paced movie appears to be look beyond the surface. The problem is the progress is so slow, that most will have become comotosed by the time the last 20 minutes arrives and action actually starts.

      • A customer from Essex man and friends
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