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10/18/08
Beauty in Trouble (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 23
Fresh: 18
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Consensus: A complex, affecting multi-character drama, Beauty in Trouble also works as social history and as a tale of familial trials and tribulations.
Theatrical Release: Jun 13, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: In this Czech dramedy from Jan Hrebejk (DIVIDED WE FALL), a woman with a sex addiction has to choose between her husband and an attractive older man. BEAUTY IN TROUBLE is inspired by the poem of the same name by Robert Graves.... [More]
Starring: Ana Geislerová, Jana Brejchova, Emília Vásáryová, Josef Abrham
Director: Jan Hrebejk
Reviews for Beauty in Trouble
Characters burst out laughing in the middle of sadness or decide to have sex in the middle of a fight, and somehow, it all makes sense.
10/10/08
Top Critic It's enthralling, human drama of the kind that's become sort of an old school pleasure.
08/01/08
Featuring an earthy performance of strength, intelligence and vulnerability by Ana Geislerova, Hrebejk’s film generates powerful interest and empathy, thanks to the plight of its central character.
08/01/08
A love story that holds out happiness as a carrot dangled but never obtained. Too busy, but still lush with the loving work of director Jan Hrebejk.
07/27/08
This being a Czech film, drama, comedy, history, and social commentary are served up in equal proportion.
07/18/08
Beauty in Trouble offers a meditation on the legacies of communism and the lure of capitalism, but also on the human need for love, connection and family.
07/17/08
Top Critic Beauty in Trouble uses the changing moods of water as both metaphor and frame for the infinite adaptability of human emotions.
06/13/08
Top Critic
Will Marcela (wonderful Ana Geislerova) opt for brains or brawn? The answer might surprise you.
06/13/08
Any A- or B- list actress would jump at the chance to work with the [screenwriters].
06/13/08
A poignant and well-acted drama about the trouble some people have accepting the kindness and good fortune which comes their way.
06/12/08
Beauty in Trouble is a fairly conventional story about the conflicting pulls of sexual dependency and financial security, but the movie is lifted out of the ordinary by Schmitzer’s turn as the grandfather from hell.
06/11/08
Unfortunately, Hrebejk settles for unsatisfying allusions to the Czech experience that never break through the thick haze of melodrama to make his case with any conviction.
06/11/08
A stunning feature film that at base asks the question, "What should a woman choose: an unpredictable life with a sexual dynamo, or a stable relationships with a much older man?"
06/04/08
While life just got a little more complicated with the introduction of the market economy into formerly socialist Eastern Europe and China too, so did their movies. A surface meditation on materialism and its impact on human emotions. Do the math.
05/13/08
73%
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