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25 August 1999 (France) moreTagline:
A comic collision of chaos and coincidencePlot:
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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4 wins & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
It would be an excellent movie, only if... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Thomas Goodridge | ... | Youth with Mobile Phone | |
| Faruk Pruti | ... | Croat | |
| Tony Peters | ... | Bus Driver | |
| Dado Jehan | ... | Serb | |
| Rosalind Ayres | ... | Nora Thornton | |
| Julian Firth | ... | Edward Thornton | |
| Charles Kay | ... | George Thornton | |
| Charlotte Coleman | ... | Portia Thornton | |
| Edward Jewesbury | ... | Joseph Thornton | |
| Bobby Williams | ... | Tim Mouldy | |
| Joseph Williams | ... | Tom Mouldy | |
| Nicholas Farrell | ... | Dr. Mouldy | |
| Danny Nussbaum | ... | Griffin Midge | |
| Steve Sweeney | ... | Jim | |
| Jay Simpson | ... | Bigsy |
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Rated R for drug use, language and some violent content.Parents Guide:
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Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | New Zealand:R | Iceland:12Fun Stuff
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Pero Guzina: [thanking his dinner hosts in his broken English] Thank you for your hostility. moreSoundtrack:
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To me, this is one of the greatest tragedies of 1999. A nice cast and intriguing story have the potential to elevate this to a great piece of work, yet it fails on a couple of fundamental levels. First, _Beautiful People_ is overburdened with cliches: the immigrant who wants to know "the meaning of life," the mortal enemies who have the same shoe size, etc. I found these excessive to the point that they triggered my gag reflex. Second, and more damaging to the film, it is edited extremely poorly. There are simply too many characters and storylines for this director to handle well. By the time a particular storyline comes around again, the audience has completely forgotten it. (Incidentally, this multiple character and storyline trick can be pulled off with great success- Paul Thomas Anderson did a superb job in _Magnolia_). The film does have its high points, in particular the spectacular performance by Charlotte Coleman. Not bad, but that's about all one can say.