Beautiful People (2000)
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.
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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
boring? too little imagination? sloppy?well...there's always hope for people like you...trouble is, anyone can offer an opinion, right?there's one(and this is only one part)where someone is thinking they're going to a soccer match in another country and wind up waking up dodging bullets and shrapnel in bosnia... sloppy? yes...all that blood and guts tends to get that way... imaginative? you decide... boring? i'm sorry, i'm having trouble typing i'm laughing so hard...this was one of THE most unexpected gems i've ever stumbled upon... what a RANGE of humanity displayed... look, if you're a kid, don't see it...see whatever before you waste space condemning a movie you haven't the experience to process... and you, frustrated woodlawn hills/la person in the beginning of the reviews? i bet you've had a LOT of success there in LALA...makes you the expert/authoritative reviewer, right? gods help us from frustrated no talents who pick up a pen to pull others down to their level... as if that's possible with a film like this... people...see this film if you've got half a soul...
I am going to limit my comments basically to all those people who rated this movie below a nine or ten. For most people this is a movie that must be watched twice, but if you don't feel your heart pounding at the end of the film and tears in your eye, no matter how many times you watch, YOU, viewer needs to take stock of your own heart, imagination, empathy for different people (true diversity) and your ability to respond appropriately to truly great films. I tire of people who tell me about books and plays and movies:"It's just your opinion." Well, sometimes that is true. But if your soul and imagination has not been properly educated by reading good books (especially poetry), seeing good plays (especially Shakespeare, and seeing quality movies and distinguishing them from the meretricious and the bogus. This is not a time where it is just my opinion. This is a movie that celebrates life in the most difficult of situations and blends together various characters' lives into a seamless whole--a kind of good Magnolia, to which it has been fatuously compared. The story is set in diverse modern day London--all classes, different ethnic groups etc. The writer/director Jazmin Didmar is a magician weaving a tapestry of humanity that screams at the viewer: "LIfe is tough, but there is still a place for love and beauty, even in the direst circumstances." I am so fed up with American movie goers who can't tell diamond from glass. This is a wonderful movie which deserves a 10+ rating. I quote from one of the characters, who is having troubles in his personal life and in his profession. But he comes through at the end of the movie happy and smiling with an ending comment: "If life works just a little bit in your favor, it can be beautiful." SEE THIS MOVIE. (p.s. Americans can be forgiven their lack of discernment in films, because they grow up on wretched American t.v. By the way I am a natural born surfer boy from SoCAl--actually Orange County).
This is a very difficult film to get a handle on, or at least it was at first. As I got to know the characters, I came to love every last one of them, as the film took its time delving deeper into their lives, and eventually, into their souls.What it found was the most beautiful and sad, beautiful and happy parts of our lives, however fleeting they may be. The film is at least a 9/10, and I'd like to cast an 11/10 for the film's poster. The most memorable film image of the decade, if not the century.On the other hand, I could be wrong. I'm just an American.
if you liked american beauty this movie has a similarly beautiful-there really aren't enough english words for beautiful-message-yet the similarities end there--this drama about several bosnian refugees in london is full of people with problems-british and bosnian alike-full of the very modern idea of multiple story-character storytelling-see it really-ok