Beautiful Girls (film)

Beautiful Girls is an American film directed by Ted Demme from the year 1996.

Action

Tommy Rowland and his friends went to the same class of a school in the small town of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. Willie Conway moved to New York City where he works as a musician. He has to make the decision as to whether he and his partner, attorney Tracy, to marry or not.

On the occasion of an organized after years class reunion see the friends together again. Each of them now has his own life. Conway learns that his friends are plagued by similar doubts as what concerns the future and prospects. He waits for the arrival of his friend and falls in love meanwhile in the thirteen- year-old neighbor girl of his family, Marty. Marty reveals to him that she was even in love with him.

Paul Kirkwood asks Andera, to make an appointment with him to make a woman jealous. He kisses her at the dance, what Andera storms out of the restaurant.

Darian Smalls, the former high school sweetheart of Tommy Rowland, is unhappily married and mother of a little girl. Darian and Tommy find each other still attractive after Tommy has made some half-hearted attempts to finally get rid of Darian, not least in order not to put his own relationship in jeopardy. As the affair became known throughout the city, there is a confrontation between Tommy and Darian's husband, which resulted in Tommy ends up in the hospital.

Reviews

Desson Howe called the film in the Washington Post of February 9, 1996 as " ironic " and " touching ." He praised the script, the director and the representations of Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Rapaport and Uma Thurman.

The lexicon of international film wrote, the film pursues " original approaches ", the characters are not " developed positively ." The film was " superficial", he lacked " inner tension ".

Awards

Scott Rosenberg won a prize in 1996 at the San Sebastián International Film Festival; Ted Demme was nominated for the Golden Seashell of the same festival.

Background

The shooting took place in Minnesota and New York City. The film played in theaters in the USA about a 20.8 million U.S. dollars.

Soundtrack

Track list

Additional tracks (not included on the soundtrack )

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