While this seems like familiar territory, in the hands of director Jan Hrebejk and his longtime screenwriting partner, Petr Jarchovsky, it's an engrossing, layered story of the ill-fitting choices and compromises everyone makes.
Overview
Marcela can't bear Jarda any longer, so she threatens divorce and takes the kids to her mom's, whose husband is a creep. While Marcela is there, Jarda is jailed, because he is part of a gang steeling cars and they get caught in the act. Benes, the urbane man whose car got stolen by Jarda and his gang, befriends Marcela. Soon she feels drawn to Benes and all of a sudden she must make up her mind: Jarda is still sexually attractive to her, but Benes offers security, and her own body and mind may not pull at the same strand.
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Top critics, in their words
Beauty in Trouble uses another kind of catastrophe to reveal the true nature of its central characters.
Impressive for its mastery, intelligence, and ambition in juggling intricate plot strands and memorable characters.
This is the kind of film that achieves one simple but difficult thing: It pleases you.
Comedy and chemistry make for an intoxicating mix in this acerbic, knowing character study from Czech director Jan Hrebejk and screenwriter Petr Jarchovsky.
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