Beautiful Girls

UPC: 717951001573

Studio: Miramax

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: A high-school reunion in a snowy New England town brings together a diverse band of former classmates. They include NYC pianist Willie Timothy Hutton who has found only small success playing night clubs and is considering taking a job as a supply salesman. While in town, Willie, who is having relationship problems with his girlfriend, finds himself becoming friends with 13 year-old Marty Natalie Portman. Then there's Tommy Matt Dillon, the aging jock who though seriously involved with Sharon Mira Sorvino, cannot resist the occasional walk down memory lane by sleeping with the former prom-queen Darian Lauren Holly, who is married but believes that her husband won't find out. Paul Michael Rapaport is dumped by his waitress girlfriend Jan Martha Plimpton, in part because of the swimsuit-clad supermodels plastered all over his walls. Paul then becomes attracted to Andera Uma Thurman, who is visiting her cousin Stinky Pruitt Taylor Vince, a local tavern owner. Also among the group -- Gina Rosie O'Donnell, who fancies herself a feminist counselor and who, in one of the film's highlights, delivers a poignant rant against how magazines present unrealistic images of women. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Features: ccDolby Surround
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Beautiful Girls

Format: DVD

Release Date: 04/20/1999

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DS Dolby Surround (4.0), 2 PCM stereo

Runtime: 113 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Program Start [:15]
2. Opening Credits [10:20]
3. Being Home [5:29]
4. Marty [6:48]
5. Stinky's Place [5:14]
6. Dump Him [4:51]
7. Cousin From Chicago [13:24]
8. The Surprise [5:43]
9. Just Like Nabokov [2:05]
10. A Little Late [15:04]
11. Supermodels [4:04]
12. Someone To Love [5:25]
13. Tracy [4:42]
14. Stayin' Home [7:29]
15. Bash 'N Birdy [8:46]
16. Gonna Be Ok [3:12]
17. Saying Good-bye [5:21]
18. End Credits [4:10]

Mike DiBella

Ted Demme's schmaltzy buddy romance picture amasses some good Hollywood faces, new and old. From the tender-aged teen sensation Natalie Portman to resident weirdo David Arquette to Hollywood vets Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, and Uma Thurman, the strength of this film is its cast -- though the performances themselves are often overwrought and sometimes exceedingly corny. Rosie O'Donnell's loudmouth busybody and Michael Rappaport's bumbling wiseacre practically steal the show. Demme borrows touches from Barry Levinson's Diner but also gives a contemporary polish to the subject matter. This film gets very few high marks for originality and substance, but it doesn't really garner any low ones either. On the whole, it's a playful piece of lighthearted fodder. ~ Mike DiBella, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Sam Robards  Actor 
Anne Bobby  Actor 
Martha Plimpton  Actor 
Pruitt Taylor Vince  Actor 
Richard Bright  Actor 
David Arquette  Actor 
Max Perlich  Actor 
Ted Demme  Director 
Dave Stewart  Composer (Music Score) 
Bob Weinstein  Executive Producer 
Harvey Weinstein  Executive Producer 
Cary Woods  Producer 
Cathy Konrad  Executive Producer 
Scott Rosenberg  Screenwriter 
Timothy Hutton  Actor 
Matt Dillon  Actor 
Noah Emmerich  Actor 
Michael Rapaport  Actor 
Annabeth Gish  Actor 
Lauren Holly  Actor 
Mira Sorvino  Actor 
Uma Thurman  Actor 
Rosie O'Donnell  Actor 
Natalie Portman  Actor 

Country: USA