On VHS/DVD and HBO - Beautiful Girls(1996) - starring - Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Lauren Holly, Rosie O'Donnell, Natalie Portman, Mira Sorvino and a host of others, in their breakout roles!

Directed by Ted Demme(Blow - 2001, A Decade Under the Influence - 2003)

     Somewhere between Independence Day, Jerry Maguire, and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, movie-goers missed Beautiful Girls - a delightful, insightful, coming-of-age film for the twenty/thirty-something set!  Certainly not a box-office draw(1996 was a big movie year!), this film will only do well on VHS/DVD if people talk it up.  So here goes - The trials, tribulations, and relationships that define our later years, are displayed in such a way as to complete one's perspective of our earlier years.  The cast is overwhelming with today's emerging and verified stars, and their portrayals in this film left no doubt that, looking back, they had to become bigtime!  If you are a member of a movie club(Howie), or just want to catch it on HBO - do yourself a favor and just see it!