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Beautiful

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Sally Field

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Plot Summary

Headstrong Mona Hubbard (Minnie Driver) is a fiercely driven woman with only one goal: to capture the coveted "Miss American Miss" beauty award. Unloved as a child, Mona sees the pageant as a means of gaining the attention and adoration she's long felt missing from her life. She is aided in her quest by the one person who can stomach her domineering ways, childhood friend and consummate nurturer Ruby (Joey Lauren Adams). Mona also finds an unexpected supporter in her own, long-neglected daughter, Vanessa (Hallie Kate Eisenberg), who, as the pageant looms closer, finally makes Mona realize where love and acceptance can truly be found.

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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

TOMATOMETER

16%
  • Reviews Counted: 64
  • Fresh: 10
  • Rotten: 54
  • Average Rating: 3.2/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Rotten: The movie is so nasty to its mostly female characters that it feels harshly misogynist. – Stephen Holden, New York Times, Jul 16, 2008

Rotten: Certainly the beauty biz deserves better than the antsy and dispiriting Beautiful. – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly, Feb 28, 2011

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, Jul 7, 2010

Rotten: Sally, get it straight: Mona doesn't deserve to be cheered. We don't like her. We really, really don't like her. – Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, Jun 24, 2010

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Customer Reviews

great movie! :)

I absolutely love this movie! I don't understand all the negative comments people are writing. Great job minnie driver! :)

Awesome Movie

This is one of my all time favorite movies, it is about a woman who is so self absorbed with herself that she does not see the one thing that brings her true happiness, but eventually finds her way to it. It is a beautiful movie and I love Minnie Driver

Don't pay attention to the critics' reviews!

This is such a great movie! The actors all did a great job and the plot was well-formed and executed. The crew took an ordinary idea and made it interesting and inspiring. It follows the transformation of a child mistreated by her parents and how her loved ones help her to become a better woman and role model. This is a movie perfect for the whole family!

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