# Beautiful Thing (1996)

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**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Hettie Macdonald
**Written by**: Jonathan Harvey
**Starring**: Glen Berry, Scott Neal, Linda Henry, Tameka Empson, Ben Daniels, Meera Syal

> *An urban fairytale.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The briefest of summaries might call this a coming-of-age story. Two boys realize they have feelings for each other amid family drama and 90s heat. It's a sweet film that manages to avoid the clichés, actually.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, tender

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