A Beautiful Life

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A Beautiful Life

2008

1h 21m

Drama

Romance

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

Mark Jenkins

NPR

May 20, 2011

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

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

May 19, 2011

2.5/5

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

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Jeff Shannon

Seattle Times

May 19, 2011

2.5/4

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

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Michael C. Walsh

Boston Phoenix

May 19, 2011

1.5/4

Unfortunately, Lau throws in one too many wrinkles, squandering our empathy by forcing us through a long-winded relationship involving betrayal and illness.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Oct 5, 2009

3.5/10

An amateurish, contrived drama that's neither captivating, insightful nor engrossing.

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 Jul 6, 2024

I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life.

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Jan 2, 2014

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

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Dec 17, 2012

something which failed to create excitement due to lame acting..

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Aug 8, 2012

This movie was a bit difficult to follow. There were a lot of characters that had rambling stories that were hard to figure out. The ending was a little disturbing, but things were on the right track for a happily-ever-after ending.

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May 13, 2011

This was a huge waste of time! Acting was VERY bad, especially Angela Sarafayan!! Everything about this movie was amateurish. Don't know who outfitted Ling, but that was a disaster. Whoever put this out, gather all copies and BURN THEM!

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Sep 26, 2009

Great cast. Amazing movie for being filmed in 18 days.

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Synopsis

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

Director: Alejandro Chomski
Producer: Nesim Hason, Deborah Calla
Screenwriter: Wendy Hammond, Deborah Calla
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2019
Runtime: 1h 21m

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