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Beautiful Thing

An urban fairytale.

7.3 / 10

92 minutes

1996-06-21

English

GB

Actors :

Linda Henry, Glen Berry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson, Ben Daniels, Meera Syal, Garry Cooper, Jeillo Edwards, Terry Duggan, Anna Karen, Julia-Lee Smith, Daniel Bowers, Martin Walsh, Jonathan Harvey, Marlene Sidaway

Description

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

3/14/2023, 2:22:36 AM

**Yet another apologetic film about the assumption of homosexuality.** I've had other occasions to say that I'm not a fan of apologetic and contestatory films. I am not against their existence, there is room for them and cinema is a legitimate form for the expression and defense of political, social or moral agendas, theories and ideas. It's simply not a type of cinema that I really like to con...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

10/9/2023, 4:39:42 AM

"Jamie" (Glen Berry) lives with his single-parent mum "Sandra" (Linda Henry) on a London housing estate. He's a slight lad who is prone to bullying at school which leads him to skive off now and again to go home and watch musicals on the telly. Next door is his schoolmate "Ste" (Scott Neal) who has a pretty torrid time of his own with a father and brother who thinking nothing of knocking him about...