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Beautiful Thing
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Price: $18.84
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404931879
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 1404931872
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2003-05-20
Running Time: 90
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1996-10-09
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Customer reviews of Beautiful Thing
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: What a lovely movie!
Comment: This is a very sweet, very deeply satisfying fairy tale of a movie about young men falling in love in a London housing project in the 1990s. It's essentially the Cinderella story, with a cruel father and older brother, the Fairy Godmother and her son Prince Charming living next door, and assorted colorful neighbors. The ball comes at the end of the movie instead of the middle, but that's fine.
Life, of course, is nothing like this, but it's very nice to watch anyway. Especially the truly beautiful ending that fills me with joy every time, no matter how often I've seen it. Plus the fact that the boys look and act like real people and not fashion models. It's refreshing to see a gay movie with not a single gym body in it.
But why on earth did Sandra dump Tony? The Fairy Godmother had her own Prince Charming and threw him away. That made no sense at all. Maybe they just felt like the ending couldn't be perfect for everybody, but it's a fairy tale, so why not?
I love it anyway. The best 90 minutes I've spent in a long, long time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Must See!!!
Comment: I saw this movie by chance, and I'm so glad that I did. I'm glad each time I watch it. It's truth, sometimes raw, sometimes hilarious. I feel that it's a must-see for anyone who is gay, or is open-minded enough to want to understand what it is to be young, gay, and in love. I wish this had been available 25 years ago.
Enjoy!!
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Summary: A Beautiful Movie
Comment: I ordered this by accident, thinking it was "A Beautiful Life." I liked this movie very much. I am not gay but am sympathetic. I think the movie captures an awakening love that neither character was suspecting. I liked all the characters and especially the music. I was not familiar with Mama Cass (I am a classical music lover) but I thought it was very appropriate for this movie. The ending was beautiful.
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Summary: Quirky characters in dismal housing find love at last
Comment: Jamie and Ste, neighbors in some very dismal housing in England, are teenagers with issues: Jamie's mom is a chain smoking bartender with a bad temper albeit a real love for her son; while Ste's dad and brother pound on him and leave him in tears. There's also an irritating neighbor who plays Mama Cass at full volume and sticks her nose into others' business. Jamie and Ste are drawn to each other at first for comfort and then for more, though there is nothing graphic shown, and no exploitation.
It's a beautiful thing when they finally come out about it to everyone in public, supported by Jamie's mother and even the wacky neighbor, who dance with them in a show of support.
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Summary: Charming Coming of Age Story
Comment: This 1996 entry from the ever-inventive Channel Four Films, puts most (if not all) gay coming-of-age movies to shame. This charmer is the story of Jamie (Glenn Berry) and Steve (Scott Neal), two teens who are not exactly friends; not exactly enemies. Their bond is more their proximity than anything else. That and the fact that they both are beginning to feel that there has to be more to life than the projects of South London. Jamie is the more studious, the more in touch with his emerging sexuality, the one tormented with taunts of "poof" and "queer". Steve, trapped in his flat with his physically abusive father and brother, is the more "straight" and dreams of sports infamy. The boys find themselves drawn together, dealing with the problems of their lives, and ultimately falling in love, falling in fear of love, and finally falling into a measure of comfortability with one another.
The eclectic cast of characters includes Jamie's barmaid mother Sandra (the brilliant Linda Henry), Sandra's oh-so-understanding boyfriend Tony, and teen neighbor Lia (Tameka Empson - a bravura performance in the "hag" role) who wants nothing more than to be Mama Cass. The result is a story not so much about two boys coming out, but about a whole community daring to come out of their respective closets and daring to dream. The film utilizes the music of Mama Cass and The Mamas and the Papas almost exclusively, resulting in a soundtrack that -- for a change -- actually serves the needs of the film. Though not the best made film from a technical standpoint, the characters are rich and believable, and if the last scene alone doesn't give you a lump in your throat, well...then you are jaded, aren't you.
Originally reviewed for Uniquely Pleasurable.
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Editorial Reviews:
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A pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighborhood become aware of their homosexuality. While both were vaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses. Once they decide that they're attracted to each other, neither is sure just what to do. Winner of 4 International Film Festival Awards.
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