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Beautiful Girls

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Critics' Reviews

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Time: Richard Schickel
Beautiful Girls is always in touch with reality but never drowned in it. [19 February 1996, p.64]Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie was directed by Ted Demme, with a light touch that allows the humor to survive in spite of the gloomy thoughts and the bleak, dark, frozen winter landscape.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
Tender, touching and downright delightful.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
What saves director Ted Demme's comic talkfest from sitcom slickness is a quirky script by Scott Rosenberg and an appealing cast.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Easy to tumble for. [9 February 1996, p.D4]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
The movie is wry, touching and fun to sit through, thanks to Rosenberg's amusing script, Ted Demme's vital direction and zesty performances from everyone.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
Has warmth and good cheer. The film is loosely focused, but its ensemble cast is as affable as anything on television these days.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Directed, with overfondness for the goofy ways of guys, by Ted Demme and written, with overfondness for the sound of guys pontificating about nothing, by Scott Rosenberg.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Despite its name, Beautiful Girls is actually about a group of irritating, twenty-something males whose adolescent attitudes have remained with them well into adulthood.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Jack Mathews
Beautiful Girls follows the boys as they work their way through these crises, and it's about as much fun as a neighborhood bar on a Tuesday night. Its crisis: not much happening.Read Full Review »
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