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Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1996

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.

Movie details

Beautiful Girls

“Good times never seemed so good.”

1996 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 52m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ted Demme

Written by

Scott Rosenberg

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Willie Conway

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

Tommy "Birdman" Rowland

Noah Emmerich

Noah Emmerich

Michael "Mo" Morris

Annabeth Gish

Annabeth Gish

Tracy Stover

Lauren Holly

Lauren Holly

Darian Smalls

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Andera

Mira Sorvino

Mira Sorvino

Sharon Cassidy

Court is in session

Put Beautiful Girls 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.