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Beautiful Thing
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7.2During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
Released: 1996-06-2192 minDir: Hettie MacdonaldComedy, Drama, RomanceBox office: $1.5M
Cast
- Glen Berry as Jamie Gangel
- Scott Neal as Steven Pearce
- Linda Henry as Sandra Gangel
- Tameka Empson as Leah
- Ben Daniels as Tony
- Meera Syal as Miss Chauhan
Themes
- coming out
- london, england
- sexuality
- based on play or musical
- male homosexuality
- summer
- single mother
- teenage love
- teenage sexuality
- lgbt
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
26,869 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 655028
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- publication date
- 1997-03-14
- title
- Beautiful Thing
- review score
- 92%
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1990s buddy comedy films1996 British films1996 English-language films1996 films1996 LGBTQ-related films1996 romantic comedy filmsBritish coming-of-age comedy filmsBritish films based on playsBritish romantic comedy filmsBritish teen LGBTQ-related filmsEnglish-language buddy comedy filmsEnglish-language romantic comedy filmsFilm4 Productions filmsFilms scored by John Altman (composer)Films set in LondonGay-related filmsGLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited ReleaseLGBTQ-related buddy comedy filmsLGBTQ-related coming-of-age comedy filmsLGBTQ-related romantic comedy filmsSony Pictures Classics filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateTrack listings with input errors