Beautiful Girls
1996 · 112 min · Director: Ted Demme
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
New York based jazz pianist Willie Conway heads back to his small hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts for a high school reunion. The trip is as much to go to the reunion and see his old friends - none of whom left Knights Ridge after graduation - as it is to get away from his current life, at which he is at a crossroads both personally and professionally. He is just eking out a living with his piano playing gigs, and as such he is thinking about taking a sales job. He's also not sure if he's ready to marry his long time girlfriend, lawyer Tracy Stover. Most of Willie's Knights Ridge blue collar friends' best days were in high school, they still having that "trophy" mentality of girlfriends and wives. Only Michael "Mo" Morris is happily married with a family. Paul Kirkwood, whose room is plastered with magazine pictures of models, wants his waitress ex-girlfriend Jan back only because he knows now that he can't have her. And Tommy "Birdman" Rowland, who was the big man in high school, is trying to end his affair with his now married high school girlfriend, Darian Smalls. Despite knowing about Darian, Tommy's current girlfriend, Sharon Cassidy, stands by her man through bad and worse. A cousin of their bar owning friend Stanley "Stinky" Womack, the beautiful Andera who is visiting from Chicago, may provide the voice of reason for this group of friends in dealing with their women problems. Some reason is what Willie may need in trying to figure out why he is attracted to Marty, his father's thirteen year old neighbor, especially as Willie learns that Tracy has decided to join him for the reunion.
Emotional fingerprint
Beautiful Girls (1996) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Nostalgia 30%, Empathy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Nostalgia30%
- Empathy25%
- Humor20%
- Melancholy15%
- Love10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Nostalgia, Empathy, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Nostalgia, Empathy and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.
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Emotional journey
- Melancholy
- Empathy
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Melancholy
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Melancholy | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Melancholy | 29 % | 22 % | 12 % | 4 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Joy | 30 % | 18 % | 13 % | 5 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Humor | 34 % | 20 % | 20 % | 15 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Melancholy | 40 % | 27 % | 27 % | 27 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Melancholy | 40 % | 31 % | 26 % | 25 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Melancholy | 39 % | 24 % | 22 % | 18 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Humor | 42 % | 14 % | 19 % | 17 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Humor | 43 % | 12 % | 20 % | 20 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Joy | 44 % | 18 % | 20 % | 28 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Melancholy | 47 % | 31 % | 25 % | 32 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Melancholy | 47 % | 39 % | 34 % | 28 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Melancholy | 45 % | 37 % | 33 % | 26 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Melancholy | 44 % | 34 % | 30 % | 27 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Melancholy | 42 % | 33 % | 32 % | 20 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Joy | 40 % | 30 % | 30 % | 16 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Humor | 48 % | 23 % | 30 % | 35 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Tension | 63 % | 18 % | 40 % | 58 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Empathy | 66 % | 27 % | 53 % | 49 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 104′ | Melancholy | 59 % | 43 % | 51 % | 19 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 109′ | Melancholy | 53 % | 47 % | 40 % | 5 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Sarah Morris
Peter the Eater
Details
- Directed by
- Ted Demme
- Written by
- Scott Rosenberg
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1996
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Nostalgia
- Data updated
Where to watch
Rent
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