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Beautiful Girls
Miramax Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for strong language and nude pin-ups
Starring
Matt Dillon,
Noah Emmerich,
Annabeth Gish,
Lauren Holly, Uma Thurman,
Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell,
Max Perlich, Martha Plimpton,
Natalie Portman, Michael Rapaport,
and
Mira Sorvino
An all-star cast sparks this comedy about a group of old friends whose 10-year high school reunion creates some unexpected surprises. (Miramax)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Scott Rosenberg
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Ted Demme
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 20, 1999
Video: October 22, 1996
Theatrical: February 9, 1996
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| RUNNING TIME: |
112 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
Time
Richard Schickel
Beautiful Girls is always in touch with reality but never drowned in it. [19 February 1996, p.64]
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie was directed by Ted Demme, with a light touch that allows the humor to survive in spite of the gloomy thoughts and the bleak, dark, frozen winter landscape.
80
Empire
Darren Bignell
The film really succeeds with its warm treatment of ordinary hang-ups - no life-shattering revelations or pain repressed since childhood, just the genuine, everyday trials of life.
80
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Tender, touching and downright delightful.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Redeemed by sensitive acting.
75
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
What saves director Ted Demme's comic talkfest from sitcom slickness is a quirky script by Scott Rosenberg and an appealing cast.
75
USA Today
Mike Clark
Easy to tumble for. [9 February 1996, p.D4]
70
The New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Has warmth and good cheer. The film is loosely focused, but its ensemble cast is as affable as anything on television these days.
70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The movie is wry, touching and fun to sit through, thanks to Rosenberg's amusing script, Ted Demme's vital direction and zesty performances from everyone.
67
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
With beauty and talent to spare, Portman is something to behold: It's as if Elizabeth Taylor and Jodie Foster were somehow genetically melded at an early age. She's definitely a beautiful girl to watch for.
60
The New Yorker
Sara Kerr
It's too long by half an hour, and the director, Ted Demme, can't hold onto a rhythm, but the actors are uniformly sharp, and so are the actresses.
60
TV Guide
Staff (Not credited)
Wavers between being condescending and downright preposterous, but there are redeeming moments.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Directed, with overfondness for the goofy ways of guys, by Ted Demme and written, with overfondness for the sound of guys pontificating about nothing, by Scott Rosenberg.
50
Los Angeles Times
Jack Mathews
Beautiful Girls follows the boys as they work their way through these crises, and it's about as much fun as a neighborhood bar on a Tuesday night. Its crisis: not much happening.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
Forget Beautiful Girls. The title ought to be "Jerky, Messed- Up Dudes With Nowhere to Go"
50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Despite its name, Beautiful Girls is actually about a group of irritating, twenty-something males whose adolescent attitudes have remained with them well into adulthood.
50
Variety
Todd McCarthy
A great title in search of a movie to live up to it, this startlingly uneventful compendium of thick-headed boy-talk and female tolerance squanders a fine cast on incredibly ordinary characters and situations.
38
San Francisco Examiner
Barbara Shulgasser
Something in Hutton's wounded puppy look always communicates an untapped intelligence or wasted potential, both of which are perfect for this role.
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