Beautiful Thing

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.

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Hettie Macdonald directed Beautiful Thing in 1996. See Hettie Macdonald's full filmography, where to start with Hettie Macdonald, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hettie Macdonald.

Beautiful Thing was released in 1996 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 92 minutes.