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07/25/08
Beautiful Thing (1996)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:17
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Glen Berry, Tameka Empson, Scott Neal, Linda Henry
Director: Hettie MacDonald
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01/26/06
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07/17/05
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07/06/05
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04/09/05
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01/16/04
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08/30/03
just as it 'takes a village' to raise a child, the 'village' elevates this otherwise ordinary drama
07/27/03
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05/20/03
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05/20/03
Top CriticBeautiful Thing might be the most beloved of all the gay-youth movies released in the late 90s
04/27/03
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01/10/03
Delightful English film which charts the dawning of love between two homosexuals.
08/28/02
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06/05/02
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03/24/02
This movie has a sharply observed sense of family and community and astonishingly natural acting.
01/09/02
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.
02/14/01
Top CriticManages to do what few films have done -- convey coming out with the specificity that draws viewers in while conveying a universality that hits home.
01/01/00
The performances are mostly quite good, but the script definitely needs work.
01/01/00
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