Beautiful Girls with Timothy Hutton: DVD Cover

    Beautiful Girls Director: Ted Demme Cast: Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Noah Emmerich, Annabeth Gish

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    • DVD Release Date: 04/20/1999
    • Original Release: 1996
    • Rating: Rated R

    Viewer Rating: (4 ratings)

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    Closed Caption; Dolby Surround; Chapter search

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Program Start [:15]
    2. Opening Credits [10:20]
    3. Being Home [5:29]
    4. Marty [6:48]
    5. Stinky's Place [5:14]
    6. Dump Him [4:51]
    7. Cousin From Chicago [13:24]
    8. The Surprise [5:43]
    9. Just Like Nabokov [2:05]
    10. A Little Late [15:04]
    11. Supermodels [4:04]
    12. Someone To Love [5:25]
    13. Tracy [4:42]
    14. Stayin' Home [7:29]
    15. Bash 'N Birdy [8:46]
    16. Gonna Be Ok [3:12]
    17. Saying Good-bye [5:21]
    18. End Credits [4:10]

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    Editorial Reviews

    A high-school reunion in a snowy New England town brings together a diverse band of former classmates. They include NYC pianist Willie Timothy Hutton who has found only small success playing night clubs and is considering taking a job as a supply salesman. While in town, Willie, who is having relationship problems with his girlfriend, finds himself becoming friends with 13 year-old Marty Natalie Portman. Then there's Tommy Matt Dillon, the aging jock who though seriously involved with Sharon Mira Sorvino, cannot resist the occasional walk down memory lane by sleeping with the former prom-queen Darian Lauren Holly, who is married but believes that her husband won't find out. Paul Michael Rapaport is dumped by his waitress girlfriend Jan Martha Plimpton, in part because of the swimsuit-clad supermodels plastered all over his walls. Paul then becomes attracted to Andera Uma Thurman, who is visiting her cousin Stinky Pruitt Taylor Vince, a local tavern owner. Also among the group -- Gina Rosie O'Donnell, who fancies herself a feminist counselor and who, in one of the film's highlights, delivers a poignant rant against how magazines present unrealistic images of women. ~ All Movie Guide All Movie Guide

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    Beautiful Girlsby Anonymous

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    January 15, 2004: This is a wonderful movie about small town friends and life dreams. Lots of laughs but also very touching and poignant. If you grew up in a small town or even a medium sized town you'll definitely be able to relate.

    Beautiful Girlsby Anonymous

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    April 26, 2002: Don't let the title throw you off, this is a must see.


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    This item Rated Appropriate for Ages 15 and Up

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    Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 15 and UP

    What to watch out for

    • Language:

      Pretty much the whole spectrum of profanity is heard.

    • Messages

    • Sex:

      One of the characters shown in a bra. Nudity glimpsed only semi-indistinctly in pinup posters and girlie magazines. No sex shown, but lots of talk, including a 13-year-old girl who deliberately shocks by speaking favorably about "male contr... More

      One of the characters shown in a bra. Nudity glimpsed only semi-indistinctly in pinup posters and girlie magazines. No sex shown, but lots of talk, including a 13-year-old girl who deliberately shocks by speaking favorably about "male contraception." One wife is having an adulterous affair. One character utters an explicit monologue about the differences in bodies between "real" woman and idealized/airbrushed "models." Jokey references to masturbation. Close

    • Violence:

      Fighting in a bar brawl, ending with one character beaten so badly he needs hospitalization.

    • Consumerism:

      Food-product labels, liquor brands, references to MTV, works of literature, and a strange male fetish for Neil Diamond and the vintage TV miniseries "Rich Man/Poor Man."

    • Drugs:

      Much social and private alcohol drinking, including inebriation, and some cigarette smoking.

    What Parents Need to Know

    About Beautiful Girls

    Parents need to know that this ensemble comedy-drama about occasionally loutish guys and the girls who love them (or don't) has an abundance of swearing and sexually-oriented banter, including marital infidelity. No actual sex happens, however; just lots of talk about it and quick rifling through pages of a porno magazine. The female characters can trash-talk as strongly as the men at times. The loose plotline isn't the strongest grabber for young attention spans, despite a gallery of recognizable mainstream Hollywood stars in the cast.

    Families Can Talk About

    Families can talk about the characters and the choices they make. Ask kids of dating age if they relate to any of the attitudes here. Since the (faint) structure of the plot is provided by a ten-year high-school reunion and the soul-searching it brings, you could discuss with teenage viewers the choices they are making now, and how they might affect them in 10 years.