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Beautiful Girls

1996 · 112 min

A warm, wintry hangout with old friends, mixing laughs and bittersweet moments as they fumble through love and growing up.

Directed by
Ted Demme
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Noah Emmerich
Tagline
Good times never seemed so good.
Overview
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.

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Directed by
Ted Demme
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Noah Emmerich
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • loneliness
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Ted Demme
Written by
Scott Rosenberg
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
112 min
Country
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Languages
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