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The Object of Beauty

1991

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Bill Paterson ...

4.6

601

Comedy American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel way beyond what they can afford. When they were asked to pay the bill, Jake wants to sell Tina's 20.000 pound Henry Moore sculpture, but she is not happy about that. The deaf-mute hotel maid admires the sculpture for its beauty rather than its value. When the sculpture goes missing, the couple start fighting over it...

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Like a John Cheever short story or a sociological snapshot by Tom Wolfe, 'The Object of Beauty' is about people who have been so defined by their lifestyles that without those styles they scarcely exist (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	A mild but charmingly off-kilter romantic comedy that gently satirizes love in an era of buy-now-pay-later brinkmanship	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	Partly likable and partly odious, your reaction may depend on whether, like the proverbial glass of water, you see their lives as half empty or half full."	NEU
United States	Bill Cosford Miami Herald	"The film works as contemporary fable, cautionary tale and perversely driven love story all at once"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"It's surprising to see John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell together in such a meandering mess as The Object of Beauty. It's also surprising that their being in it doesn't help."	NEG
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"At first, frankly, The Object of Beauty is not as much fun as you might expect it to be, but ends up having more to offer both the audience and Tina and Jake than either we or they suspect."	POS

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