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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 04/20/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 53 mins Studio: Miramax Members Wishing: 27 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Reunion Films, Coming-of-Age, Ensemble Film

A high-school reunion in a snowy New England town brings together a diverse band of former classmates. They include NYC pianist Willie Timothy Hutton who has found only small success playing night clubs and is considering taking a job as a supply salesman. While in town, Willie, who is having relationship problems with his girlfriend, finds himself becoming friends with 13 year-old Marty Natalie Portman. Then there's Tommy Matt Dillon, the aging jock who though seriously involved with Sharon Mira Sorvino, cannot resist the occasional walk down memory lane by sleeping with the former prom-queen Darian Lauren Holly, who is married but believes that her husband won't find out. Paul Michael Rapaport is dumped by his waitress girlfriend Jan Martha Plimpton, in part because of the swimsuit-clad supermodels plastered all over his walls. Paul then becomes attracted to Andera Uma Thurman, who is visiting her cousin Stinky Pruitt Taylor Vince, a local tavern owner. Also among the group -- Gina Rosie O'Donnell, who fancies herself a feminist counselor and who, in one of the film's highlights, delivers a poignant rant against how magazines present unrealistic images of women. ~ All Movie Guide

Timothy Hutton - Willie Conway
Matt Dillon - Tommy (Birdman) Rowland
Noah Emmerich - Michael (Mo) Morris
Annabeth Gish - Tracy Stover
Michael Rapaport - Paul Kirkwood
Lauren Holly - Darian Smalls
Mira Sorvino - Sharon Cassidy
Uma Thurman - Andera

Ted Demme's ensemble romantic comedy Beautiful Girls comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround and Dolby Digital Stereo. There are no subtitles on this release, but the surround soundtrack is closed-captioned. The disc is a bit on the expensive side, especially considering that there are no extra features, but it does do a good job of presenting the film. The performances -- the highlights of the film -- come across just as well on the small screen as they did in theaters. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide