Beautiful Thing (1996) Reviews & Ratings

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Beautiful Thing reviews

Beautiful Thing holds a 7.3/10 average from 359 TMDB ratings.

**Yet another apologetic film about the assumption of homosexuality.** I've had other occasions to say that I'm not a fan of apologetic and contestatory films. I am not against their existence, there is room for them and cinema is a legitimate form for the expression and defense of political, social or moral agendas, theories and ideas. It's simply not a type of cinema that I really like to consume, not least becaus…
— Filipe Manuel Neto (2/10)

"Jamie" (Glen Berry) lives with his single-parent mum "Sandra" (Linda Henry) on a London housing estate. He's a slight lad who is prone to bullying at school which leads him to skive off now and again to go home and watch musicals on the telly. Next door is his schoolmate "Ste" (Scott Neal) who has a pretty torrid time of his own with a father and brother who thinking nothing of knocking him about. The lads start to…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

This was a fairly good movie and had some memorable moments. The ending was nice, but a little off for me.
— kinrich30 (5/10)

During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

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