Review of Beautiful Girls (1996) by Rob Vaux for Flipside Movie Emporium — 17 Jan 2003

Wise and clever, a refreshingly different take on gender relations.

This review of Beautiful Girls (1996) was written by Rob Vaux and published by Flipside Movie Emporium on 17 Jan 2003.

Beautiful Girls has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Beautiful Girls

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Ryu9376 (75) on 23 Nov 2018

Just a gem of a film... every actor & actress was on point... this is one of those movies that has replay value…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Aubrey W (16) on 05 Feb 2016

I really like this movie. The scene between Timothy Hutton and Natalie Portman, while she's ice skating, is great. Great actors, fantastic story…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Tracie C (60) on 22 Apr 2011

A guilty pleasure. The script is forced at times, but the characters resonate and I was introduced to Natalie Portman…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Rodney E (723) on 07 Jan 2013

Other than its propensity for soliloquies on life and love by any number of Joe Sixpacks at the drop of a hat, this is a great movie…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Seventhseal (16) on 16 Jan 2015

OK so I cannot issue a full review as I stopped watching at 59 minutes in, had seen enough to realize my life did not need to waste a further…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Marius D (5) on 27 Aug 2011

Every time I watch it I like it more, great movie…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Ben D (1,196) on 30 Aug 2012

You'd think a movie so similar to TV's own Friends would get a little bit too frothy and a little bit too cliched…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Eric H (2,898) on 21 May 2011

This movie always reminds me of my post-college years, when my film-buff roommate brought it back one night…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Jamie L (274) on 27 Aug 2015

I believe every answer to life is in this movie…

Read Review

Review of Beautiful Girls (1996)

By Cassie H (513) on 04 Dec 2011

Gina: I'm finished speaking to both of you okay? You're both fucking insane. You want to know what your problem is…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Rocky IV (1985)

By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 02 Nov 1991

A scant hour and a half long, padded with clips from earlier Rocky pictures, adding nothing to his mythic, let alone human dimensions, it lacks…

Read Review

Review of The Karate Kid (1984)

By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Flipside Movie Emporium (617) on 02 Oct 2002

A warm-heartened riff on the tried-and-true Rocky formula, and one of the better cinematic icons of the 1980s…

Read Review

Review of Jules and Jim (1962)

By Ninja-Sam K (4) on 09 Mar 2007

Found this incredibly dull. The only remotely standout moment was the War scene. Which was far too short…

Read Review

Review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

By Jay Scott (240) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 09 Jan 2009

A two- hour-plus surrealistic bummer - it makes the audience feel as if it is coming down from a virulent drug…

Read Review

Review of Rocky V (1990)

By Aaronpaul121 (79) on 24 May 2012

Definitely the worst of all Rocky movies. The scenes were just bad and the acting is really weird…

Read Review

Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of Cape Fear (1991)

By Stephen S (1,614) on 19 Jun 2016

I have no idea why people like this film so much…

Read Review

Review of Four Minutes (2006)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 17 Oct 2008

Underneath the harshness and the severity there is a thick, spongey layer of pure Hollywood schmaltz, and the movie runs on predictable lines…

Read Review

Review of Lights in the Dusk (2006)

By Kevin D (1,252) on 22 Feb 2009

More Hal Hartleyism. Someone, please make it stop…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Beautiful Girls

1996

73%487 Reviews

Magic Mike XXL

2015

57%781 Reviews

Child's Play 2

1990

57%630 Reviews

The Human Stain

2003

62%410 Reviews

Educating Rita

1983

68%218 Reviews

The Way We Were

1973

70%540 Reviews

The Emperor's Club

2002

65%458 Reviews

Honey 2

2011

51%78 Reviews

Grace Unplugged

2013

63%102 Reviews

Gracie

2007

62%435 Reviews