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Beautiful Thing

1996

Hettie Macdonald

Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson ...

7.2

2,401

Comedy. Drama. Romance This absolute winner, based on a stage play by Jonathan Harvey and adapted by him, is a kind of enchanted, urban slice-of-life tale about a gay teen, Jamie (Glen Berry), who is in love with the boy next door, Ste (Scott Neal). Hampering Jamie's progress on the romantic front is his fear that his mother (Linda Henry) will find out, as well as concern over complicating Ste's existing problems. Beautiful Thing is a relationship movie, to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A romance novel for teenagers. What makes the movie special and worth recommending are those other characters (...) Rating ★★★ (sobre 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The likeliest gay crossover hit since My Beautiful Laundrette."	POS
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"Beautiful Thing might be the most beloved of all the gay-youth movies released in the late 90s"	POS
United States	Peter Stack SFGATE	"In portraying romance, the film transcends its homosexual themes, while at the same time celebrating them."	POS
United States	Steve Davis Austin Chronicle	"Although sporadically told in a fashion that's almost episodic, Beautiful Thing has the fullness and depth of the best of love stories."	POS

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