Review of Beautiful Thing (1996) by Jim V — 06 Feb 2009

Jonathan Harvey really pitches the humour and senstivity of this film spot on. Linda Henry is brilliant as Sandra.

This review of Beautiful Thing (1996) was written by Jim V on 06 Feb 2009.

Beautiful Thing has generally received very positive reviews.

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