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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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- A single-minded ensemble piece, in which sex is relentlessly discussed; its cast is rather young for the prevalent repining for the recent past.
- 31319
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  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 ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - JustAnOpinion
  - Surrey
  - 13 May 2005 at 11:48
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  Charmless Boys
  
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  What self-indulgent, tawdry cack. This is a film that desperately wants to be provocative and leftfield and succeeds only in being desperate and wrong.
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- - TheNoctuary
  - 6 reviews
  - Brighton, England
  - 26 Sep 2011 at 00:15
- - 3
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  Clever Title
  
  Reminiscent of the Breakfast Club but more believable. Slow-moving yet engaging. Cast of superb actors and insightful dialogue. Very watchable. Like the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - North-East
  - 14 Feb 2009 at 22:59
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  The feelgood factor.
  
  This is one of those films that you can watch time and time again and not get bored with it.
  
  Seems that each viewing you notice something that you ... read more »
  
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- - soulboy
  - 22 reviews
  - Redfield
  - 17 Mar 2008 at 17:42
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  - 4
  Slow moving
  
  A very slow moving film that didn't really go anywhere....dissapointing I'm afraid.
  
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  - Hampshire, England
  - 19 Jun 2007 at 19:39
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  Brilliant
  
  I do enjoyed this movie, it's bring warm and happiness and lots of talking but enjoy it, i advise everyone watch it if you feel like long term movie simple ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Apr 2007 at 13:11
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  comedy? - where
  
  If you like your comedy with all the comedy extracted and thrown away - this is the film for you. An impressive castlist trundle through an uninspired script in... read more »
  
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- - andydeeley
  - 10 reviews
  - London
  - 15 Feb 2007 at 09:06
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  OUTSTANDING!
  
  This is such a good film that even though I immediately realised I'd seen it before I nevertheless watched and enjoyed it more than ... read more »
  
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  - Pinner, England
  - 14 Jan 2007 at 03:43
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  Will add to a Great Night in!!
  
  A relaxing movie. Good acting. Good sound track. Good film.
  
  Well worth viewing.
  
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- - abcz
  - Berkshire
  - 26 Nov 2006 at 22:09
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  rubbish
  
  only managed to watch 5 minutes before hitting the stop button
  
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  - bexhill
  - 29 Aug 2006 at 15:16
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  YAWN YAWN YAWN!!!!!
  
  What a lot of hog wash - I can't believe they managed to get such a good cast to agree to do this movie - must have been voluntary work... A real waste of ... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 13 Jul 2006 at 13:21
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  - 12
  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 ... read more »
  
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- 334527
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - JustAnOpinion
  - Surrey
  - 13 May 2005 at 11:48
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  A Beautiful Movie
  
  Beautiful Girls is a wonderful, warm and rich tale of friends reunited in a sleepy town.
  
  Everybody invloved is superb, from the 13 year old Natalie ... read more »
  
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- - David Levy
  - Totteridge, London
  - 22 Sep 2004 at 22:18
- - 8
  - 2
  Well Worth a Watch
  
  Beautiful Girls is a really nice film.
  
  It is well acted (though from the cast list it should be) and even when some characters seem a little clich&... read more »
  
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  - Herts
  - 30 Dec 2003 at 11:44
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  comedy? - where
  
  If you like your comedy with all the comedy extracted and thrown away - this is the film for you. An impressive castlist trundle through an uninspired script in... read more »
  
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- - andydeeley
  - 10 reviews
  - London
  - 15 Feb 2007 at 09:06
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Essex man and friends
  - 16 Oct 2005 at 19:25
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  Clever Title
  
  Reminiscent of the Breakfast Club but more believable. Slow-moving yet engaging. Cast of superb actors and insightful dialogue. Very watchable. Like the ... read more »
  
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  - North-East
  - 14 Feb 2009 at 22:59
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  Forlorn Hope
  
  I found this movie to be pretty depressing as it was too realistic in its portrayal of relationships and the general decline in enthusiasm that tends to be ... read more »
  
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- - Daniel Carl
  - Kilmarnock, Scotland
  - 15 Apr 2004 at 03:44
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  The feelgood factor.
  
  This is one of those films that you can watch time and time again and not get bored with it.
  
  Seems that each viewing you notice something that you ... read more »
  
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- - soulboy
  - 22 reviews
  - Redfield
  - 17 Mar 2008 at 17:42
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  YAWN YAWN YAWN!!!!!
  
  What a lot of hog wash - I can't believe they managed to get such a good cast to agree to do this movie - must have been voluntary work... A real waste of ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 13 Jul 2006 at 13:21
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  This film oozes class
  
  This film oozes class from every direction. The cast is differant class, you'll probably reconlise every face, and all turn in great performances. The ... read more »
  
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- - Darren Mullen
  - Birmingham, England
  - 17 Apr 2005 at 11:05

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Critics' reviews
- A single-minded ensemble piece, in which sex is relentlessly discussed; its cast is rather young for the prevalent repining for the recent past.
- 31319
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...Rosenberg has the knack for embedding his more soulful concerns in dialogue which has the rhythm and verve so admired in Tarantino..."
- 9758
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- A bunch of guys share beer and bewilderment over the course of a wintry reunion weekend. They talk sports and missed... read more on Time Out
- 44559
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...A quirky script by Scott Rosenberg and an appealing cast....Hutton and Portman make tender movie magic..."
- 9757
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[Portman does] mesmerizing, quicksilver work....Hutton is easygoing and likable..."
- 9759
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[The film] has warmth and good cheer....Buoyant..."
- 9755
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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