During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.
The dialogue isn't the only problem with Beautiful Girls. The characters are bad, too.
– Jack Mathews,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
fresh:
In a relationship that skirts bad taste, Hutton and Portman make tender movie magic, giving this big-screen spin on Friends its only moments of true romantic yearning.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
It's the women who break the monotony of this dudes-in-flux saga...
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
This startlingly uneventful compendium of thick-headed boy-talk and female tolerance squanders a fine cast on incredibly ordinary characters and situations.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Beautiful Girls is always in touch with reality but never drowned in it.