A vivid, nuanced and sweetly forgiving study in moral ambiguity.
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06/19/08
Beauty in Trouble (2008)
64 %
Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 9 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
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]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Ana Geislerová, Jana Brejchova, Emília Vásáryová, Josef Abrham, Roman Luknár
Director: Jan Hrebejk
Screenwriter: Petr Jarchovsky
Story: Petr Jarchovsky, Jan Hrebejk
Producer: Ondrej Trojan
Composer: Ales Brezina
Screenwriter: Petr Jarchovsky
Story: Petr Jarchovsky, Jan Hrebejk
Producer: Ondrej Trojan
Composer: Ales Brezina
Reviews
1 - 17 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
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
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06/11/08
Top Critic
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
Beauty in Trouble is the sort of film that sits with you days after viewing
02/02/08
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09/23/06
One of those movies where a woman has to choose between financial security and a serious deep ***king.
09/10/06
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07/07/06
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