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Thursday, February 22,1996
New movie
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BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
(out of four stars)
I have to admit I am a person whose
soul was forever marked by "The
Outsiders," such that whenever a new
movie with Matt Dillon comes out, I
have to see it.
Okay, maybe it wasn't my soul that
was marked but my pituitary gland.
But you don't have to be a Matt Dillon
fen to want to see Director Ted Demme's
new movie "Beautiful Girls."
You could be an Uma Thurman fen,
or a Rosie ODonnell fan, or a Timothy
Hutton fan. (Does he really have any?)
Or maybe you're a fan of MIRAMAX
films in general, since that studio has
a habit of putting out really good movies
like "Cinema Paradiso," "Drugstore
Cowboy," "Pulp Fiction," and "Resevoir
Dogs."
The name "Beautiful Girls" is
somewhat misleading since the heart
of the story is seen from a male
perspective.
Willy, played by Timothy Hutton,
is a piano player in a tiki lounge in New
York City, the only one of his high school
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buddies who has left their sleepj
hometown. He returns to Knight's Ridge
Mass., for their 10-year high schoo
reunion and finds that his friends an
having the same kind of difficulty he
has in making decisions about the womer
in their lives. A good part of the movie
is a veiled philosophical discussion or
the difference between growing old anc
growing up.
Paul, played by Michael Rapaport
("True Romance," "Mighty Aphrodite"
is a guy so obsessed with supermodels
that he names his Saint Bernard Elle
Macphereson.
He calls his girlfriend a hypocrite
when she dumps him for a meat-cutter
because she's vegetarian. Of all the
characters, Paul seems to see his situation
in the most desperate terms, ever
developing a theory that a beautiful girl
brings promise and hope to a crappj
life.
Rosie ODonnell's character hits the
nail on the head when she says the
reason Paul or any other guy can'1
commit is that they think one of the
Penthouse models is always waiting
just around the corner.
Matt Dillon is Tommy, "Birdman,'
who was the king of the hill in high
school but has just come to the realization
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i sleeping with his high school girlfriend
; (Lauren Holly), even though it jeopardizes
1 the relationship he has with Sharon,
; played by Mira Sorvino, who was just
i nominated for an Oscar as Best
I Supporting Actress for her role in Woody
Allen's new movie, "Mighty Aphrodite."
, The most brilliant performance of
) the movie is given by the young Natalie
5 Portman ("The Professional"). She plays
j Marty, Willy's 13-year-old neighbor,
who makes the most penetrating and
i poetic observations of human nature
since Shakespeare.
; The thought of the kind of a woman
l Marty will become mesmerizes Willy to
i the point that he's actually jealous of
I the now short and scrawny boys that
r will get to be there when it happens.
This unexpected love story that never
; really happens gives the film a nice slant
5 In life, it seems like the unexpected is
t what usually comes along while we wait
j for our expectations of life to fulfill
, themselves ? but they don't.
Life should be lived consciously, and
' the awakening that each of the characters
i go through near the end of the film proves
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