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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsTV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsSally Field has actually made a likeable movie.
- 40Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonBeautiful is a mess, but not without interest.
- 38USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkBurdened with so many poky scenes that it approaches the level of the distributor's "Drowning Mona" and "Whipped," both candidates for the year's worst.
- 38San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonSORRY, SALLY. I didn't like it. I really didn't like it.
- 30Chicago ReaderTed ShenChicago ReaderTed ShenSally Field's direction is pedestrian, though she does manage to get winning performances out of Driver and Eisenberg.
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack(Driver) is stuck in a mess of a movie that suffers from awkward writing, a plot with major disconnects in plausibility, an annoyingly screechy kid character and cheesy production values.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's a movie with so many inconsistencies, improbabilities, unanswered questions and unfinished characters that we have to suspend not only disbelief but also intelligence.
- 20L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorMade with the slick, shorthand complacency of a TV movie, Beautiful is so overstuffed with contrivance, you can hardly breathe.
- 20VarietyEmanuel LevyVarietyEmanuel LevyThere's no particular reason to see this disappointingly trivial picture on the bigscreen.
- 10The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenTeeters from a noisy sitcom (only one step removed from "The Beverly Hillbillies") to brickbat satire until it collapses in a pool of redemptive mush.