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The Beautician and the Beast (1997)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:2

Rotten:14

Average Rating:4.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: As the result of some seriously botched communication, an over-the-top hairdresser from Queens (Fran Drescher) gets sent to a fictional eastern bloc country as a science tutor for the children of a... As the result of some seriously botched communication, an over-the-top hairdresser from Queens (Fran Drescher) gets sent to a fictional eastern bloc country as a science tutor for the children of a dour, widowed dictator (Timothy Dalton). Though she doesn't know anything about science, her charming, flamboyant manner teaches her students' father a thing or two about loosening up--and falling in love. [More]

Starring: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Lisa Jakub, Ian McNeice

Starring: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Lisa Jakub, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Bill Brown

Director: Ken Kwapis

Director: Ken Kwapis
Producer: Howard W. "Hawk" Koch, Todd Graff
Composer: Cliff Eidelman
Screenwriter: Todd Graff

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As hokey and banal as a sitcom, with predictable culture-clash gags and fairly flat one-liners.

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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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Listening to Fran Drescher's nasal squawk for an entire movie is the price you'll pay to see The Beautician and the Beast. Imagine having your ear canal scoured with Brillo. Only more abrasive.

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