The Beautician and the Beast

• Fran Drescher: Joy Miller
• Timothy Dalton: Boris Pochenko
• Patrick Malahide: Leonid Kleist
• Lisa Jakub: Katrina Pochenko
• Heather DeLoach: Masha Pochenko
• Adam LaVorgna: Karl Pochenko
• Kyle & Tyler Wilkerson: Yuri Pochenko
• Michael Lerner: Jerry Miller
• Phyllis Newman: Judy Miller
• Timothy Dowling: Alek

My Beautician and the Beast is a comedy film from 1997, which focuses on the relationship of the dictator of an Eastern bloc state is for nanny of his children.

Action

Joy Miller teaches at a less successful school in New York City Cosmetics & Beauty Supply customer, and is unmindful the school on fire.

Then she runs unemployed unintentionally Ira Grushinsky in the arms, the private secretary of the dictator Boris Pochenko. This is looking for a teacher and nanny for his four children. Ira, who thinks Joy Miller teach foreign languages ​​and mathematics, invites the extroverted woman in the land of his employer.

Here Joy Miller needs to realize that Boris Pochenko runs a tight regime - not only towards his subjects, but also towards his children.

Joy Miller decides out to pep and spice to the life of the statesman and widower, and comes to the strict man visibly closer.

At the same time she also gets caught in the crossfire of a coup d'état, when the young Communist Alek, is in love with the Pochenkos daughter Katrina, comes under suspicion of wanting to launch an attack on the dictator.

But even here, Miss Miller can use their charm as well as its simple approaches to mediate between the entrenched positions.

Criticism

"Little peppy remake of the movie" Anna and the King of Siam " (1946 ), which laid his action in an Eastern European country fantasy. Although a lot of feeling is summoned, but can not completely convince the conventional story. Only the main character goes through their charisma to take for themselves. "

Background information

The film tells the complete story in 105 minutes which is also occupied with Fran Drescher, known television series " The Nanny", albeit with some minor changes. Even the characters and the occupation of the individual are very similar to the popular U.S. sitcom.

The film was shot in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Prague.

Awards

Fran Drescher in 1998 nominated for the Golden Raspberry Worst Actress in the category.