Beautiful

2000Movie⏱️ 1h 52mPG-13

ComedyDrama

⭐ 5.7

IMDB Rating

4,495 votes

Mona sacrifices everything, including family, in pursuit of a beauty pageant victory. Her friend Ruby helps her to an amazing degree.

Director

Sally Field

Writers

N/A

Stars

Minnie Driver, Hallie Eisenberg, Joey Lauren Adams

Release Date

September 29, 2000

Language

English

Country

United States, United Kingdom

🎯 2

Nominations

💬 65

Reviews

📋 3.6K

Watchlists

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Minnie Driver

as Mona

Hallie Eisenberg

as Vanessa

Joey Lauren Adams

as Ruby

Kathleen Turner

as Verna Chickle

Leslie Stefanson

as Joyce Parkins

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

as Lorna Larkin (Miss Texas)

Kathleen Robertson

as Wanda Love (Miss Tennessee)

Michael McKean

as Lance DeSalvo

Gary Collins

as Miss American Miss Host

Linda Hart

as Nedra

💰 Box Office

$3,169,930

Worldwide Gross

$3,157,348

Domestic Gross

$1,409,433

Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Sound

Dolby Digital

Sound

SDDS

Sound

DTS

Color

Filming Location

Merry-Go-Round, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

Destination Films, Flashpoint (I), Fogwood Films

🏷️ Keywords

woman puts on pantyhosebeauty pageantplaying violinplaying pianocrown

🎯 Categories

Coming-of-AgeDark ComedyComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Portrait of superficiality

by george.schmidt • 2004-04-28

"BEAUTIFUL (2000) * Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Leslie Stefanson, Bridgette L. Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Ali Landry, Michael McKean. (Dir: Sally Field) I wish I could say something nice about Sally Field's big screen directorial debut but through no fault of her own (except accepting this god-awful comedy/drama to do just that) the film is a complete disaster. Mona (Driver, who co-produced with her sister Kate) is a white trash young woman desperately attempting to achieve her life-long desire of becoming a beauty contestant winner of the Miss America pageant a..."