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Beautiful Thing (1996)

Romance | 90 minutes
3,53 228 votes

Genre: Romance / Drama

Duration: 90 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Hettie MacDonald

Stars: Linda Henry, Glen Berry and Scott Neal

IMDb score: 7,6 (26.638)

Releasedate: 21 June 1996

Beautiful Thing plot

"An urban fairytale."

Jamie and Ste go to school together and live in the same flat in a large suburb of London. Jamie hates sports, is therefore not popular at school and regularly skips school. Ste, a real sportsman, has problems at home. He is abused by both his father and his older brother. When Ste is beaten up again at home, Jamie's mother, Sandra, naturally offers him shelter. In this way Ste comes into contact with the tenderness that is lacking in his home. And in the intimacy of this unexpected situation, Jamie is increasingly drawn to Ste. Ste tries to hide his feelings from the outside world for some time. But that is eventually made impossible for him when Leah, a girl next door, spreads a rumor.

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MauriceMankes

  • 218 messages
  • 213 votes

A real feel good movie. And reasonable in portraying the deprived area. I rate him higher than 5 years ago

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Sketchead

  • 21 messages
  • 22 votes

Ultimate affection here! The movie poster scared me a bit and the last scene was very strange in my opinion, but this movie surprised me! Very nice to see how Jamie and Ste, boys next door in a working class flat, slowly pull towards each other, with the conversation in the backyard during the party as the smiling highlight.

That girl next door, she really is from another world

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AnyaH

  • 422 messages
  • 342 votes

Romantic coming of age film about two teenagers, boys from school and neighbors who start to feel more for each other than mere friendship. Cinematography does show that the film was made more than 20 years ago. Plot is set at the social bottom of society in a British deprived area, visible through behavior and audible through the vulgar language. I had to struggle through the first half hour, then the film got going. Well, that's called tying the cat to the bacon: only one bed..... Haha, 70-1! Funny translation of 'See ya, I don't wanna be ya': the balls and don't drop them! After the bar visit, the brakes were released..... The role of the dark girl next door was brilliant, that actress could go wild! Music from the Sound of Music and the final scene were a bit over the (sweet) top! But it is a sweet and tender feel-good movie. I certainly understand that the film inspired and gave the citizen courage. The film shows that coming out is not super easy, but the world is not going to end!

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