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Object of Beauty [VHS]
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302168136
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 6302168139
Label: Live / Artisan
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Release Date: March 20, 2001
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Live / Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1991
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Editorial Review:The director Michael Lindsay-Hogg has a name that sounds British despite the fact that he is a New Yorker by birth. Maybe that association derives from the fact that he's primarily helmed television films--segments of Brideshead Revisited, for example, as well as a pile of music videos for English bands like the Who and the Rolling Stones. One of his few ventures into feature filmmaking (another was the little-seen Frankie Starlight) is the 1990 film The Object of Beauty, which also looks, sounds, and feels British in sensibility. The film is set in a tony London hotel, the weather is England-dreary, and the clothes (when the actors are wearing them) are tweedish and woolly in appearance. And the story is essentially repressed and internal save for the brash American performances of John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell, who play a couple living way above their limited financial means. When Jake (Malkovich) bottoms out in a business deal, he urges Tina (MacDowell) to sell her little Henry Moore sculpture, an object of great beauty. Such beauty, in fact, that a young mute hotel maid decides to steal it for her own. The actress Rudi Davies, who plays the maid, steals more than the Moore, however. She sneaks the film out from under Malkovich and MacDowell, who was just coming off of her sex, lies, and videotape acclaim, and who is quite good here as well. The Object of Beauty is too subtle in its message--Jake and Tina lose their last monetary chance and in penury begin to discover who they are as people--to let us care about such a pouty pair, and the "hilarious mix-ups and mayhem" that the film promises are, in actuality, tame and trite. --Paula Nechak
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I was pleasantly surprised by this not well-known gem. Couldn't sleep so I began watching on cable about 2:AM and couldn't turn it off. Was totally enrapt by this story of two pretensious and carefree snobs who don't have enough sense to secure a valuable sculpture by Henry Moore. She (Andie) needed to be reminded at every turn that assets and money were her entire world, so the statue was left on a hotel dresser as her safety blanket, but when the object of beauty was thought to be forever lost ... Read More
Rating:  -
Here's a real clever little comedy about vacuous people and a stolen piece of art that turns into a morality tale.
John Malkovich and Andi McDowell -- who both bare their backsides as well as their souls in this flick -- are a couple escaping something and living in London far beyond their means. As a way to resolve this they hatch a plan to swindle an art dealer with an expensive trinket that looks like a Hurst shifter from the 1970s.
The little mystery about deceit, swindling ... Read More
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I was totally frustrated sharing one of my all time favorites with my husband and not being able to hear the dialog that makes this movie so unique. This movie has a depth, rich use of language, passionate characters, a plot and the classic American happy ending. I still learn something every time I watch it, but was surprised to find it in the Comedy section. And I love that I still cry when the deaf girl explains why she stole the piece. Great Art moves you. And for art lovers who want the real Henry ... Read More
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This little gem of a movie is one of those rare movies for grownups. The characters are real, imperfect people, not cardboard cutouts. Unfortunately, the full-frame DVD doesn't do the movie justice. The sound is horrible, the picture is not especially good, and there are no extras whatsoever. Too bad. This movie deserves an audience, but this DVD will not help it get one.
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This is a really good film for people who appreciate subtlety and somewhat offbeat character development. This will not impress people who tend to gravitate more towards action or overt drama. Malkovich and MacDowell turn in understated, nicely done performances as the films antiheroes, and they accomplish the somewhat difficult task of making us feel for these self-involved characters. All the other characters are played well and the different plots mesh nicely.The only complaint I have is ... Read More
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