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Beautiful Girls (9-Feb-1996)
Director: Ted Demme Keywords: Drama
REVIEWS Review by Richard Conner (posted on 21-Aug-2007) This film can only be described as a pleasant surprise. Timothy Hutton's character returns to his roots in a visit to his family home in his New England home town one winter. Planning to marry, but unsure, he has had a career as a pianist in New York, and faces reunion with friends who have remained in the town, and not achieved significant success.
Those characters constituting his friends are very well acted, and feature such prominent actors as Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman, and a fifteen year old who steals the show. Natalie Portman plays his family's next door neighbor, age 13, who is precocious self described "old soul", wise beyond her years, and having amazing charisma. She grabs Hutton's heart, much to his amazement and bemusement, and to our surprise. It is an extraordinary acting job by such a young actress, and gives hints of her talent, showcased in a variety of subsequent roles.
How the film plays out is best left to surprise the viewer rather than to detail here, but the interactions among the adult characters are believable and appropriate for the ambiance of the film. Most viewers will be left pleased but wistful of what could have been in a most unusual sense.
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