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Beautiful

2000 · 112 min

A bittersweet, uneven comedy-drama that mixes pageant satire with earnest mother-daughter melodrama, occasionally charming but often tonally wobbly.

Directed by
Sally Field
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
Sometimes you have to give up the life of your dreams to discover the dream of your life.
Overview
Headstrong Mona Hubbard is fiercely driven to capture the coveted Miss American Miss beauty award, but an unusual circumstance teams her with a soccer-playing, deep-dimpled little girl named Vanessa.

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Directed by
Sally Field
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • ambition
  • identity
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Sally Field
Written by
Jon Bernstein
Starring
Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Eisenberg, Kathleen Turner, Leslie Stefanson, Bridgette Wilson, Kathleen Robertson, Michael McKean
Music
John Frizzell
Cinematography
Robert D. Yeoman
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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