Review of Beautiful Thing (1996) by Jon A — 09 Feb 2007

Great coming of AGE MOVIE I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This review of Beautiful Thing (1996) was written by Jon A on 09 Feb 2007.

Beautiful Thing has generally received very positive reviews.

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