Rotten
ally Field's direction is pedestrian, though she does manage to get shamelessly winning performances out of Driver and Eisenberg.
Ted Shen, Chicago Reader
Beautiful
Sometimes you have to give up the life of your dreams to discover the dream of your life.
2000 · 1h 52m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Sally Field
,
Charles Dougherty
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Beautiful
Overview
Headstrong Mona Hubbard is fiercely driven to capture the coveted Miss American Miss beauty award, but an unusual circumstance teams her with a soccer-playing, deep-dimpled little girl named Vanessa.
Director and cast
- Sally Field Director
- Charles Dougherty Director
- Minnie Driver as Mona Hibbard
- Joey Lauren Adams as Ruby
- Hallie Eisenberg as Vanessa
- Kathleen Turner as Verna Chickle
- Leslie Stefanson as Joyce Parkins
- Bridgette Wilson as Lorna Larkin (Miss Texas)
- Kathleen Robertson as Wanda Love (Miss Tennessee)
- Michael McKean as Lance DeSalvo
- Gary Collins as Miss American Miss Host
- Linda Hart Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
16%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Flat, witless, and sappy (a very bad combo), Sally Field's embarrassing feature directorial debut aims to say something "relevant" about American society's obsession with physical looks at the expense of "inner beauty" and moral integrity.
Emanuel Levy, Variety
Rotten
A movie with so many inconsistencies, improbabilities, unanswered questions and unfinished characters that we have to suspend not only disbelief but also intelligence.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
As predictable as a beauty queen's tearful acceptance speech.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
Focuses on one woman's heartfelt and funny journey in search of what beauty really means.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
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