During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
Beautiful Thing has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
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Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
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By Lee M (4,001) on 28 Nov 2007
Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
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Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
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Beautiful Thing was released in 1996 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 391 reviews, giving Beautiful Thing (1996) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 92%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Beautiful Thing than critics were.
With a score of 80%, Beautiful Thing is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like Breaking the Waves and Kolya.
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