Beautiful Something
In one desperate night, four disparate gay men cruise Philadelphia in pursuit of ever-elusive human connection. The film follows them as they navigate the night filled with hot hook-ups, lingering resentment and falling in love.
21 February 1992, Tbilisi, Georgia
4 July 1989, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 November 1969, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 April 1973, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
15 September 1985, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
May 05, 2016
The movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.
May 09, 2016
Bad gay movies never take very long to announce themselves as such, and Beautiful Something is no exception.
May 05, 2016
Bits and pieces of the gay-themed drama "Beautiful Something" feel real and essential. But this slow-going film often suffers from a forced, navel-gazing quality that can prove exasperating.
May 04, 2016
A compassionate romantic drama.
November 15, 2016
Graham pulls off a nimble hat-trick, fusing throwback, unapologetic queerness (frank sexuality; a world of tricks, one-night stands, and no moralizing about any of it) and unbridled romanticism.
March 03, 2017
This film, about six Philadelphia men whose lives criss-cross overnight, works like poetry. It is a figuring-out of various desires through movie codes and poetic form.
