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Beautiful People

Play trailer Poster for Beautiful People R,  1999,  1h 47m,  Comedy/ Drama/ War Play Trailer Watchlist
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80% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 85% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Soccer fanatic Griffin Midge repeatedly disappoints his parents. Portia Thornton sparks a relationship with a penniless refugee, much to the chagrin of her established political family. Dr. Mouldy manages to give meaning to the lives of a young couple determined to reject their newborn child. And BBC correspondent Jerry Higgins, deeply damaged from one too many war assignments, returns home to his wife and child with a new obsession, amputation.

Critics Reviews

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Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader Apr 12, 2010
Inventively examines bigotry, combining daring humor and hyperbole, dark realism and shining idealism. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
I have made the film sound grim. Actually it is fairly lighthearted, under the circumstances; like Catch-22, it enjoys the paradoxes that occur when you try to apply logic to war. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 26, 2006
It's a joyful experience. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 4, 2005
3/5
Sarah Chauncey Reel.com Jun 10, 2004
4/5
Brent Simon Entertainment Today Feb 17, 2003
C-
Vivid characters rendered impotent by a disorienting tone and a jerky, start-and-stop narrative that dilutes the film's putative emotional punch. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Jasmin Dizdar

Director

Charlotte Coleman

Portia Thornton

Charles Kay

George Thornton

Rosalind Ayres

Nora Thornton

Roger Sloman

Roger MIdge

Heather Tobias

Felicity Midge

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Beautiful People

Rosalind Ayres as Nora Thornton, Charlotte Coleman as Portia Thornton, Edin Dzandzanovic as Pero and Charles Kay as George Thornton in Trimark's Beautiful People Julian Firth as Edward Thornton, Rosalind Ayres as Nora Thornton, Charlotte Coleman as Portia Thornton, Edin Dzandzanovic as Pero, Charles Kay as George Thornton & Edward Jewesbury as Joseph Thornton Steve Sweeney as Jim, Danny Nussbaum as Griffin Midge and Jay Simpson as Bigsy in Trimark's Beautiful People Siobhan Redmond as Kate Higgins and Gilbert Martin as her husband Jerry Higgins in Trimark's Beautiful People Nicholas Farrell (center) as Dr. Mouldy, with his two sons Tim - Bobby Williams (left) - and Tom - Joseph Williams (right) in Trimark's Beautiful People Writer/director Jasmin Dizdar on the set of Trimark's Beautiful People Beautiful People (1999) Beautiful People (1999) Beautiful People (1999) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Soccer fanatic Griffin Midge repeatedly disappoints his parents. Portia Thornton sparks a relationship with a penniless refugee, much to the chagrin of her established political family. Dr. Mouldy manages to give meaning to the lives of a young couple determined to reject their newborn child. And BBC correspondent Jerry Higgins, deeply damaged from one too many war assignments, returns home to his wife and child with a new obsession, amputation.
Director
Jasmin Dizdar
Producer
Ben Woolford
Screenwriter
Jasmin Dizdar
Distributor
Trimark Pictures
Production Co
Merseyside Film Production Fund, British Film Institute, BSkyB, British Screen, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Tall Stories, Arts Council of England
Rating
R (Violent Content|Language|Drug Use)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 18, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$261.4K
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Surround
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