Review of Beautiful Thing (1996) by Billy L — 01 Jul 2007

Melted my heart - if you could understand the accent. (I just put on closed captions!).

This review of Beautiful Thing (1996) was written by Billy L on 01 Jul 2007.

Beautiful Thing has generally received very positive reviews.

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