You might also like

Where to watch

Rate And Review

User image

Verified

  • User image

    Super Reviewer

    Rate this movie

    Oof, that was Rotten.

    Meh, it passed the time.

    It’s good – I’d recommend it.

    Awesome!

    So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

    What did you think of the movie? (optional)

  • You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.

  • User image

    Super Reviewer

    Step 2 of 2

    How did you buy your ticket?

    Let's get your review verified.

    • Fandango

    • AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew

    • Cinemark Coming Soon

      We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

    • Regal Coming Soon

      We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

    • Theater box office or somewhere else

    By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.

    You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.

  • User image

    Super Reviewer

    Rate this movie

    Oof, that was Rotten.

    Meh, it passed the time.

    It’s good – I’d recommend it.

    Awesome!

    So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

    What did you think of the movie? (optional)

  • How did you buy your ticket?

    • Fandango

    • AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew

    • Cinemark Coming Soon

      We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

    • Regal Coming Soon

      We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

    • Theater box office or somewhere else

    By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.

A Beautiful Life Photos

View All Photos (15)

Movie Info

A teenage runaway (Angela Sarafyan) falls in love with an illegal immigrant (Jesse Garcia) who works in a Los Angeles strip club.

Cast & Crew

Jesse Garcia
David
Angela Sarafyan
Maggie
Debi Mazar
Susan
Bai Ling
Esther
Dana Delany
Anne
Meltem Cumbul
Antanas
Tuba Ünsal
Saadet Aksoy
Denise
Alejandro Chomski
Director
Wendy Hammond
Writer
Deborah Calla
Writer
Nesim Hason
Producer
Deborah Calla
Producer
Show all Cast & Crew

Critic Reviews for A Beautiful Life

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (9) | Rotten (12)

  • [Lau] successfully balances satire and sentimentality in the first half, but loses his bearings in the sappier second part.

    May 20, 2011 | Full Review…

    Mark Jenkins

    NPR

  • Whatever does work here - mainly a soulful performance by Liu Ye - ultimately gets lost in the excess.

    May 19, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

    Gary Goldstein

    Los Angeles Times

  • The film strains credulity by pushing its characters wildly to and fro with a shamelessly sentimental screenplay.

    May 19, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

    Jeff Shannon

    Seattle Times

  • Set among the mean streets and meaner people of downtown Los Angeles, this laughably clichd dive into sexual masochism and hardscrabble survival replaces story with outline and characters with place holders.

    October 2, 2009 | Rating: 1.5/5

    Jeannette Catsoulis

    New York Times

  • It's tough to find comedy in a dead-serious, skid-row-set film about homelessness, sexual abuse, incest and the exploitation of immigrants, but the misguided A Beautiful Life manages to provide unintentional laughs by the barrel.

    October 2, 2009 | Full Review…

    Andrew Barker

    Variety

  • A Beautiful Life makes little attempt to be credible or original. And the acting is poor.

    October 2, 2009 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

    V.A. Musetto

    New York Post
View All Critic Reviews (12)

Audience Reviews for A Beautiful Life

There are no featured audience reviews for at this time.

See All Audience Reviews

A Beautiful Life Quotes

There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.

Movie & TV guides