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Beautiful Girls (9-Feb-1996)
Director: Ted Demme Writer: Scott Rosenberg Original Score by: Dave Stewart Producer: Cary Woods Keywords: Drama
CAST | Matt Dillon | ... Tommy "Birdman" Rowland | | Noah Emmerich | ... Michael "Mo" Morris | | Annabeth Gish | ... Tracy Stover | | Lauren Holly | ... Darian Smalls | | Timothy Hutton | ... Willie Conway | | Rosie O'Donnell | ... Gina Barrisano | | Max Perlich | ... Kev | | Martha Plimpton | ... Jan | | Natalie Portman | ... Marty | | Michael Rapaport | ... Paul Kirkwood | | Mira Sorvino | ... Sharon Cassidy | | Uma Thurman | ... Andera | | Pruitt Taylor Vince | ... Stanley "Stinky" Womack | | | Anne Bobby | ... Sarah Morris | | Sam Robards | ... Steve Rossmore | | David Arquette | ... Bobby Conway | | Richard Bright | ... Dick Conway | | | Adam LeFevre | ... Victor | | John Carroll Lynch | ... Frank Womack | | Sarah Katz | ... Kristen Rossmore | | Camille D'Ambrose | ... Sharon's Mother | | Martin Ruben | ... Chip | | Tom Gibis | ... Peter the Eater | | Allison Levine | ... Waitress at Moonlight Mile | | Earl R. Burt | ... Bartender | | Gregory Dulli | ... Lead Singer, Afghan Whigs | | Trent Nicholas Thompson "TNT" | ... Michael Morris, Jr. | | Nicole Ranallo | ... Cheryl Morris | | Joyce Lacey | ... Reunion Classmate #1 | | Matthew Nathan Castens | ... Reunion Classmate #2 | | Anne W. Erickson | ... Coffee Shop Waitress | | Oliver Osterberg | ... Drinker #1 | | Sterling Robson | ... Drinker #2 | | Edward Kaspszak | ... Drinker #3 | | John Scurti | ... Ticket Agent | | Herbie Ade | ... Bar Owner | | Ben Gooding | ... Customer | | Frank Anello | ... Irv | | Lucky the Saint Bernard | ... Elle MacPherson |
REVIEWS Review by Richard Conner (posted on 21-Aug-2007) This film can only be described as a pleasant surprise. Timothy Hutton's character returns to his roots in a visit to his family home in his New England home town one winter. Planning to marry, but unsure, he has had a career as a pianist in New York, and faces reunion with friends who have remained in the town, and not achieved significant success.
Those characters constituting his friends are very well acted, and feature such prominent actors as Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman, and a fifteen year old who steals the show. Natalie Portman plays his family's next door neighbor, age 13, who is precocious self described "old soul", wise beyond her years, and having amazing charisma. She grabs Hutton's heart, much to his amazement and bemusement, and to our surprise. It is an extraordinary acting job by such a young actress, and gives hints of her talent, showcased in a variety of subsequent roles.
How the film plays out is best left to surprise the viewer rather than to detail here, but the interactions among the adult characters are believable and appropriate for the ambiance of the film. Most viewers will be left pleased but wistful of what could have been in a most unusual sense.
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