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The Object of Beauty

1991 · 103 min

A wry, leisurely caper about broke, entitled people chasing a tiny treasure, amusing rather than gripping, with a dry comic chill.

Genres
Drama, Comedy, Crime
Tagline
Love is more than dollars and sex.
Overview
American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavish dinner bill and Jake's card is declined, he suggests they sell Tina's tiny, expensive Henry Moore sculpture to cover the debt. After they hatch a scheme to claim the sculpture was stolen in order to collect insurance on it, the sculpture mysteriously goes missing.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • class
  • deception
  • crime
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Genres
drama, comedy, crime
Directed by
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Written by
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Starring
John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies, Joss Ackland, Bill Paterson, Ricci Harnett, Peter Riegert
Music
Tom Bähler
Cinematography
David Watkin
Runtime
103 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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