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Eternal Beauty

Eternal Beauty

Comedy · Drama · 2020

When Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and normality collide with humorous consequences.

Movie details

Eternal Beauty

“Embrace different”

2020 Comedy · Drama 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

When Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and normality collide with humorous consequences.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Eternal Beauty?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Craig Roberts

Written by

Craig Roberts

Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

Jane

David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Mike

Alice Lowe

Alice Lowe

Alice

Billie Piper

Billie Piper

Nicola

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Vivian

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Dennis

Banita Sandhu

Banita Sandhu

Alex

Court is in session

Put Eternal Beauty on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.