
Richard followed in his father's footsteps as Cambridge literature professor. Having fallen in love with LA socialite student Kate, he decides to move for her to California, enjoying a grand villa her father gave them but settling for a tacky position in a second-rate college. The relationship goes wrong, like his next with her bossy sister Olivia, but this time he's devoted to their darling son and caught up I a hedonistic lifestyle of mild (?) debauchery. Things are further... (Full plot summary below)
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Richard followed in his father's footsteps as Cambridge literature professor. Having fallen in love with LA socialite student Kate, he decides to move for her to California, enjoying a grand villa her father gave them but settling for a tacky position in a second-rate college. The relationship goes wrong, like his next with her bossy sister Olivia, but this time he's devoted to their darling son and caught up I a hedonistic lifestyle of mild (?) debauchery. Things are further complicated by new partners and his expiring immigration terms.
Leave your thoughts about Some Kind of Beautiful.
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonIt's a misguided tale of redemption that's driven almost completely by coincidences without a hint of realistic grounding. |
| HaaretzUri KleinSome Kind of Beautiful is a movie that is clearly in trouble: you can see it in the editing, in the sudden appearance of minor characters with no real role to play. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfIt's impossible to build a love story when the participants would be better off securing restraining orders on one another. |
| National PostChris KnightThe problem, however, is that the script by Matthew Newman doesn't do enough to make [Richard] either lovable or reprehensible. |
| The Hollywood OutsiderAaron PetersonRegardless of the cliches or predictability, Some Kind of Beautiful is a fun, breezy, and upbeat offering that allows Brosnan the opportunity to put a shine on that charming accent of his. |
| The Herald (Scotland)Alison RowatContrived and ridiculous, and that is before Malcolm McDowell, 72, turns up as 62-year-old Brosnan's father, but the ever charming former 007 offers some compensation as the silliness mounts. |
| Toronto SunLiz BraunSometimes, [the film] wants to be light farce, all repartee and two-dimensional characters; other times it wants to be a contender, with deathbed scenes and motivating lectures on romantic poetry. At all times it's a tremendous waste of talent. |
| Empire MagazineAngie ErrigoWe all like Brosnan and one is mortified to be ageist, but for this to have been even slightly romantic, funny or bearable the male lead -- and everyone else -- wanted to be much younger. |
| Times (UK)Kate MuirPierce Brosnan's recent career is not a thing of beauty. Yet again he has plumped for a mildly embarrassing, past-its-sell-by-date part. |
| The Sun (UK)Grant RollingsRather than Pierce giving a lecture on how to be a better person, he should have stuck to bedding the half-sisters played by Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek. |