Beautiful Thing [IMPORT]

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Summary: Don't be surprised if you become addicted to this movie
Review: A witty film of great humanity which will put you in a good mood for at least a week, as well as take you back to the alternating fear and bravado of being fifteen. While grounded in social realism this has to be the ultimate feelgood movie, with Sandra Gangel as the classic stereotype-busting portrayal of a single mum doing her (considerable) best. It's a shame it's rated restricted in the States because it gives a misleading impression of the subject matter (there's nothing explicit, just some realistic South London language), and excludes the youngsters who'd most value it.

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Summary: "Beautiful Thing" - It certainly is
Review: I love this movie very much. I am so glad all the other reviewers have enjoyed it as well. It is a simple yet effective story. I'd advise any religious fanatics to steer clear, but anyone else would enjoy it very much. I have seen this movie at least eight times.

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Summary: Two thumbs up!
Review: This is must see movie. The love between Jamie and Ste is awsome. A great coming out movie. Check it out for yourself, you won't be sorry.

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Summary: Sweet Romance
Review: It's a great romance film, so naturalistic and touching. A must see for gay or straight.

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Summary: wonderful heart-warmer romance movie
Review: This is the kind of movie you can escape reality with, to follow the story of Jamie and Ste as their lives together unfold. A brilliant supporting cast, especially the war of words between Jamie and his equally witty mother. Watch it the first time for the story, and then watch it a second time to see the incricate symbolism and relations that each character presents to each character in the movie.

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Summary: Beautiful Thing is just simply Beautiful
Review: Beautiful Thing is one of those rare movies that come along that you want to tell everyone to see. Wonderful written, acted, directed, and filmed, it really moves you to see the love that devlops between these two boys, despite all the obstacles. It's a love story that almost all can relate to, either gay or not. It's just an incredible, incredible movie, which can bring tears to your eyes (especially the final courtyard scene). I also should mention the humour in it as well. Very funny momments and lines in at as well. The soundtrack with Mama Cass and The Moma's & The Popa's is excellent as well, and is a must have, just like the video. To close, Beautiful Thing is a movie you must see and experience, which shows how beautiful and powerful love is between any two people. I just can't say enough about it.

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Summary: The fairy tale came true!
Review: Beautiful Thing is absolutely beautiful. Despite the fact that everything in the film is so fairy-tale-like that one might wonder if that can really happen, it makes us feel content. Highly recommended to teenagers who are about to find the way out.

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Summary: Wounderful!
Review: It takes a lot for me to be so impressed with a movie that I believe it worthy of all five stars, but this one is worth every one. Beautiful Thing is a masterpiece of film making. The acting is better in this movie then in most movies that are in the theater today. There was only one thing going through my mind when the credits began, and that was 'I want to see more'. This is one movie that you will never want to end, and once it does you just rewind it and start again on this wounderful journey of love. Don't miss this great one.

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Summary: Boy, oh boy!
Review: In this very 1990's, South side London boy-meets-boy love story we are invited, with unabashed candor, into the relationship which develops between neighbors Jamie and Ste. Don't think for a moment this is your average "Masterpiece Theatre" fare. Jamie and Ste are decidedly plausible and a tad earthy (read: not your "Room with a View" types) but it's exactly that combination which makes the movie hold your attention so well. It doesn't hurt that it has a delightful score (courtesy of Cass Elliot) and that the supporting cast round things off so nicely. Watch for the way the mother grows to understand you can't go around changing people's basic nature. This film is for anyone who has ever felt they are misunderstood. Full stop.

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Summary: Enchanting -- 5 stars don't do it justice.
Review: This is one of the most endearing, enchanting movies I've ever seen. Two engaging protagonists, fine characterization of some very offbeat but decidedly realistic secondary characters, and an unromanticized setting make it a realistic, complex, but joyous and whimsical portrayal of self-discovery and acceptance. An unflinchingly honest film on the emotional level, breathtakingly subtle amid some grandly goofy gestures, it is painful and sweet, comic and brutal in equal measure. I think it will strike a chord with anyone, gay or straight, who's ever known the bewilderment, humor, doubt, fear, and sheer delight of first love. And for young people on the brink, I'd think it would be a thunderous affirmation.

I saw this film on the recommendation of a friend, and all I can do is thank him profusely and pass on the word. So: Watch this movie! You'll laugh; you'll cringe; you'll remember too much about growing up, and understand it better. And you'll want to watch it again, because it's the ultimate affirmation that our love for one another is what matters, and, whatever its guise, that it is a Beautiful Thing.