

Beautiful Thing
An urban fairytale.
During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
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7.3/10
364 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $1.5M
- Language
- English
- coming out
- london, england
- sexuality
- based on play or musical
- male homosexuality
- summer
- single mother
- teenage love
- teenage sexuality
- lgbt
- dancing in the street
- lgbt teen
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR9 Oct 1996
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1521 Jun 1996
- Physical15DVD17 Sept 2007
- Physical15DVD Re-issue6 Apr 2020
- Physical15Blu-ray18 Mar 2024
- Digital / OTT151 Apr 2024
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+19 Sept 1996
FranceFR
- TheatricalU21 Aug 1996
- PhysicalDVD12 Nov 2004
- Digital / OTTVOD10 Jun 2021
- TheatricalReprise30 Jun 2021
- Digital / OTT16Prime Video21 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical122 Jan 1997
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalAL14 Nov 1996
- PhysicalALDVD5 Aug 2003
- TVALNederland 227 Sept 2003
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1125 Dec 1996
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Beautiful Thing was released on 21 June 1996.
Audience reviews
3- F2/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
3/14/2023
**Yet another apologetic film about the assumption of homosexuality.** I've had other occasions to say that I'm not a fan of apologetic and contestatory films. I am not against their existence, there is room for them and cinema is a legitimate form for the expression and defense of political, social or moral agendas, theories and ideas. It's simply not a type of cinema that I really like to consume, not least beca…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/9/2023
"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 …
- K5/10
kinrich30
9/8/2026
This was a fairly good movie and had some memorable moments. The ending was nice, but a little off for me.
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