Beautiful Thing (DVD) Reviews

Where Brokeback Mountain was an amazing insight into unrequited love that you truly believed in, this is a British version that can be embarrassing to watch in places, but in the way that it should, especially where teenagers are concerned. Created in 1996 on an infinitesimally small budget, it marks two teenagers and their exploration of ...  Read the complete review

This is a beautiful 'coming out' story very lovingly and honestly told. Probably the best movie of it's kind; there have been many attempts to do something similar but few films, if any (Get Real the possible exception) have managed to capture the difficulties of gay teens with such accuracy as this film does. The 2 lead teens, Jamies mother, ...  Read the complete review

A really sweet and charming film, one that stands the test of time and repeat viewing. The story of Jamie and his crush on Ste a neighbour. Set in Thamesmead in London, the estate provides the backdrop to the story. Oddly considering it's a 60's housing estate it looks really well and there's not a hint of housing estate = ...  Read the complete review

This is a touching British film which certainly has some amusing moments but is also a great story about two boys falling in love on a tough South London estate, I must say that the two young lead actors produce two very mature performances which belies their relative youth. Cast List Linda Henry ... Sandra Gangel ...  Read the complete review

You are at high school at the later end of your education and the last thing you want is to play football with the ‘popular’ lads. So you bunk off. Back you go to your high rise council flat summers day in the middle of a heat wave. For that journey, you don’t seem to have a care in the world, running along, then getting back home for a sandwich ...  Read the complete review

What does BT mean to you? Does it mean something wonderful? Something liberating? Or something beautiful? Okay, probably not, but, believe it or not, to a lot of people BT stands for 'Beautiful Thing' - this beautiful thing, this film. It is exactly what it says on the box. (Unless you're a Daily Mail reader, in which ...  Read the complete review