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Beautiful Thing (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 17  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis:
The offbeat, underachieving denizens of a southeast London apartment building get an emotional wake-up call when two of the neighbors--two teen boys--unexpectedly fall in love. Tenderhearted kitchen-sink realism from Channel Four Films, adapted from the play by Jonathan Harvey.... [More]
The offbeat, underachieving denizens of a southeast London apartment building get an emotional wake-up call when two of the neighbors--two teen boys--unexpectedly fall in love. Tenderhearted kitchen-sink realism from Channel Four Films, adapted from the play by Jonathan Harvey. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Glen Berry, Tameka Empson, Scott Neal, Linda Henry

Director: Hettie MacDonald
Screenwriter: Jonathan Harvey

DVD Info

Release:

May 20, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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07/06/05 03:28 AM
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Rich Cline
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08/30/03 08:16 AM
Stephen Tropiano
PopMatters
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just as it 'takes a village' to raise a child, the 'village' elevates this otherwise ordinary drama

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07/27/03 08:20 AM
John A. Nesbit
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05/20/03 05:22 PM
Jim Shelby
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05/20/03 05:22 PM
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Beautiful Thing might be the most beloved of all the gay-youth movies released in the late 90s

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04/27/03 10:11 AM
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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01/10/03 08:10 AM
Nick Davis
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Delightful English film which charts the dawning of love between two homosexuals.

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08/28/02 10:17 AM
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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06/05/02 08:07 AM
Boxoffice Magazine
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This movie has a sharply observed sense of family and community and astonishingly natural acting.

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01/09/02 08:07 AM
Stephen Farber
Movieline
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Because the film is so effective for its first two-thirds and because it has its heart in the right place throughout, audiences may be willing to forgive its final third.

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02/14/01 12:37 AM
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Manages to do what few films have done -- convey coming out with the specificity that draws viewers in while conveying a universality that hits home.

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Barry Walters
San Francisco Examiner
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The performances are mostly quite good, but the script definitely needs work.

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Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Philadelphia City Paper
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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Gemma Files
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Represents a keen, personal look at the difficulties of growing up gay in a heterosexual world.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
James Berardinelli
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