Beautiful Girls (1996)
Lauren Holly, Martha Plimpton, Matt Dillon, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino ... (see more) , Natalie Portman , Rosie O'Donnell , Timothy Hutton , Uma Thurman
A piano player at a crossroads in his life returns home to his friends and their own problems with life and love.
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R, 110 min.
Directed by:
Ted Demme
Release Date: Feb 09, 1996
DVD Release Date: Apr 03, 2001
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An introspective examination of relationships that has great realism in dialogue while still making its point, Beautiful Girls intricately seamlessly weaves together multiple stories (unlike many films) to give a multi-perspective exploration of love... (read more) An introspective examination of relationships that has great realism in dialogue while still making its point, Beautiful Girls intricately seamlessly weaves together multiple stories (unlike many films) to give a multi-perspective exploration of love and show us to be thankful for what we have.
El director Ted Demme nos entrega una delicada y conmovedora historia sobre un adulto joven (interpretado por Timothy Hutton), quien regresa a la casa de sus padres para buscar respuestas sobre su vida. Magnificas actuaciones en este "chick flick" c... (read more) El director Ted Demme nos entrega una delicada y conmovedora historia sobre un adulto joven (interpretado por Timothy Hutton), quien regresa a la casa de sus padres para buscar respuestas sobre su vida. Magnificas actuaciones en este "chick flick" con mucha clase.
Understated and underated. Not as naff as it sounds. (No-oone can judge me who lists 'friends' as a favourite!)
"You wanna know what your problem is? MTV, Playboy, and Madison fucking Avenue. Yeah. Let me explain something to you, OK? Look, girls with big tits have big asses, girls with little tits have little asses. That's the way it goes. God doesn't fuck ar... (read more) "You wanna know what your problem is? MTV, Playboy, and Madison fucking Avenue. Yeah. Let me explain something to you, OK? Look, girls with big tits have big asses, girls with little tits have little asses. That's the way it goes. God doesn't fuck around, he's a fair guy. He gave the fatties big, beautiful tits and the skinnies little, tiny niddlers. It's not my rule. If you don't like it, call him... (now looking at a Penthouse magazine) Oh, guys, look what we have here. Look at this, your favorite. Oh, you like that?...Yeah, that's nice, right? Well, it doesn't exist, OK. Look at the hair. The hair is long, it's flowing, it's like a river. Well, it's a fuckin' weave, OK? And the tits, please! I could hang my overcoat on them. Tits, by design, were invented to be suckled by babies. Yes, they're purely functional. These are silicon city. And look, my favorite, the shaved pubis. Pubic hair being so unruly and all. Very key. This is a mockery, this is a sham, this is bullshit. Implants, collagen, plastic, capped teeth, the fat sucked out, the hair extended, the nose fixed, the bush shaved... These are not real women, all right? They're beauty freaks. And they make all us normal women with our wrinkles, our puckered boobs - hi Bob - our cellulite, feel somehow inadequate. Well, I don't buy it, all right? But you fuckin' mooks, you think if there's a chance in hell that you'll end up with one of these women, you don't give us real women anything approaching a commitment. It's pathetic. I don't know what you think you're gonna do. You're gonna end up eighty-years old, drooling in some nursing home, then you're gonna decide, it's time to settle down, get married, have kids? What, are you gonna find a cheerleader?...If you had an ounce of self-esteem, of self-worth, of self-confidence, you would realize that as trite as it may sound, beauty is truly skin-deep. And you know what, if you ever did hook one of those girls, I guarantee you'd be sick of her... No matter how perfect the nipple, how supple the thigh, unless there's some other shit going on in the relationship besides the physical, it's gonna get old, OK? And you guys, as a gender, have got to get a grip, otherwise the future of the human race is in jeopardy."
I have been watching this movie WAY too much lately and my love for it has diminished none. Stellar cast, great soundtrack and just a story that resonates for anyone in their 20's, 30's, 40's and beyond.
A beautiful film with an even more beautiful cast. Surprising, witty and between the lines.
An enjoyable film that tackles pretty unoriginal themes, but thanks to the cast (especially Natalie Portman), is elevated. God times never seemed so good.
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