Beautiful Thing (1996)

R06/21/1996Comedy, Drama, Romance1h 32m
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An urban fairytale.

Overview

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Glen Berry

    Jamie Gangel

  2. Cast 1

    Scott Neal

    Steven Pearce

  3. Cast 1

    Linda Henry

    Sandra Gangel

  4. Cast 1

    Tameka Empson

    Leah

  5. Cast 1

    Ben Daniels

    Tony

  6. Cast 1

    Meera Syal

    Miss Chauhan

  7. Cast 1

    Garry Cooper

    Ronnie Pearce

  8. Jeillo Edwards

    Rose

  9. Terry Duggan

    Kevin

"Jamie" (Glen Berry) lives with his single-parent mum "Sandra" (Linda Henry) on a London housing estate. He's a slight lad who is prone to bullying at school which leads him to skive off now and again to go home and watch musicals on the telly. Next door is his schoolmate "Ste" (Scott Neal) who has a pretty torrid time of his own with a father and brother who thinking nothing of knocking him about. The lads start to bond and are soon firm friends whose relationship could be starting to burgeon into something more... This film has a distinct charm about it. Sure, maybe it's a wee bit stereotypi...