Beautiful

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Sally Field's directing debut suffers from an inconsistent tone, implausible script, and a protagonist that critics say is one of the most loathsome to come around in a long time.

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Kathleen Turner stars as Verna Chickle.

Director Sally Field with Hallie Kate Eisenberg on the set.

Joey Lauren Adams stars as Ruby.

Joey Lauren Adams stars as Ruby and Hallie Kate Eisenberg stars as Vanessa.

Director Sally Field on the set.

Minnie Driver as Mona with (l-r) Kathleen Robertson and Ali Landry on the set.

Minnie Driver stars as Mona and Hallie Kate Eisenberg stars as Vanessa.

Director Sally Field with Minnie Driver on the set.

Minnie Driver stars as Mona and Hallie Kate Eisenberg stars as Vanessa.

Minnie Driver stars as Mona.

Hallie Kate Eisenberg stars as Vanessa.

Minnie Driver stars as Mona.

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Movie Info

Mona Hibbard steadily advances as an American beauty queen in spite of her less than congenial temperament. Her best friend from childhood, Ruby, has the patience of a saint, which is why she's the one person who is willing to help Mona pursue her ambition. Ruby even helps her to hide the secret that would completely derail Mona's plan to capture the "Miss American Miss" title: an illegitimate daughter, Vanessa. Her biggest obstacle is losing her killer instinct for her maternal instinct.

Genre:

drama, comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Sally Field
Producer:

John Bertolli, B.J. Rack
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 29, 2000 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA):

$3.1M
Runtime:

1h 52m
Production Co:

Fogwood Films, Flashpoint Limited, Two Drivers Productions, Prosperity Pictures, Destination Films
Sound Mix:

Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Minnie Driver
Mona

Joey Lauren Adams
Ruby

Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Vanessa

Kathleen Turner
Verna Chickle

Leslie Stefanson
Joyce Parkins

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
Lorna Larkin, Miss Texas

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Critic Reviews for Beautiful

Beautiful is just bad, sadly. Where's the plot?

September 30, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
ally Field's direction is pedestrian, though she does manage to get shamelessly winning performances out of Driver and Eisenberg.

April 12, 2010 | Full Review…

Ted Shen
Chicago Reader
Flat, witless, and sappy (a very bad combo), Sally Field's embarrassing feature directorial debut aims to say something "relevant" about American society's obsession with physical looks at the expense of "inner beauty" and moral integrity.

September 12, 2006 | Rating: D-

Emanuel Levy
Variety
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March 10, 2003 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
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March 19, 2002 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Globe and Mail
This movie has no point of view, a wildly inconsistent tone, and no understanding of its characters.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Nell Minow
Movie Mom
An uneasy mix of broad satire, soap opera outlandishness, and movie-of-the-week sappiness.

January 14, 2010 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…

Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
It's treacly, plastic and shamelessly obvious, and yet, on a low-rent level, it somehow works.

December 11, 2006 | Full Review…

David Noh
Film Journal International
...one of that growing genre of mainstream Hollywood shots at the main chance -- an unfunny comedy.

January 2, 2005 | Rating: D-

Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Pior do que a direo de Sally Field, s mesmo o carter desprezvel da personagem principal: uma mulher egosta, ftil e irritante. Ao longo do filme, eu no queria apenas que ela perdesse o concurso; queria que ela sofresse.

May 24, 2003 | Rating: 1/5

Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena
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May 14, 2003 | Rating: 1/4

Joe Mader
Palo Alto Weekly
When a person is suffering deeply, Field cues you in to what they're thinking by having voices from the past echoing all around them, a technique that's more often used in cautionary drivers' ed documentaries...

June 10, 2002 | Full Review…

James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

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Audience Reviews for Beautiful

Oct 30, 2009

I was REALLY suprised how much I liked this movie & Im glad I watched it

Brody M Super Reviewer
Sep 07, 2008

super cute! i adored it :)

art s Super Reviewer
May 16, 2007

This is a movie you see with your mom or best friend. Its really self center and voicing out a bad image to society.. Hated it.

Moviestar M Super Reviewer
Apr 12, 2007

Love this movie! A favorite.

Leo L Super Reviewer

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