Beautiful Girls

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • |
    • Runtime
    112 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1996
  • |
    • Countries
    United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Ted Demme
WRITTEN BY:
Scott Rosenberg
CAST INCLUDES:
Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Annabeth Gish, Lauren Holly, Rosie O'Donnell, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

In this darling romantic comedy, a group of friends reunite at their high school reunion, helping each other to grow as people in love and life. Starring Matt Dillon (CRASH, THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY), Timothy Hutton (LEVERAGE, ORDINARY PEOPLE), and Noah Emmerich (THE WALKING DEAD, THE TRUMAN SHOW) with direction by Ted Demme (BLOW, A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE). TIME Magazine raves, “BEAUTIFUL GIRLS is always in touch with reality but never drowned in it."

SYNOPSIS

In this romantic drama a group of high school buddies reunite for their high school reunion in the small town where they grew up. They deal with the life challenges of finding women to love and be loved by, committing to a relationship, and getting past their childhood dreams and desires to deal with reality and appreciate life.

Beautiful Girls

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • |
    • Runtime
    112 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1996
  • |
    • Countries
    United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Ted Demme
WRITTEN BY
Scott Rosenberg
CAST INCLUDES
Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Annabeth Gish, Lauren Holly, Rosie O'Donnell, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman
In this darling romantic comedy, a group of friends reunite at their high school reunion, helping each other to grow as people in love and life. Starring Matt Dillon (CRASH, THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY), Timothy Hutton (LEVERAGE, ORDINARY PEOPLE), and Noah Emmerich (THE WALKING DEAD, THE TRUMAN SHOW) with direction by Ted Demme (BLOW, A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE). TIME Magazine raves, “BEAUTIFUL GIRLS is always in touch with reality but never drowned in it."

In this romantic drama a group of high school buddies reunite for their high school reunion in the small town where they grew up. They deal with the life challenges of finding women to love and be loved by, committing to a relationship, and getting past their childhood dreams and desires to deal with reality and appreciate life.

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