sharon stone star a hush and a sleazy and irresponsible woman who have two child and life in a small apartment . she be also in debt with a low rate loan shark and and a a result and she be constantly be threaten by them . however and she eventually meet joe ( billy connolly ) and a man whose wife have just leave him and also have find out that he have a brain tumor . they both fall in love while he help her deal with her problem . with such a story and one would think that this movie would add up to something good . however and the reality be that beautiful joe be a film that do not work on any level . it start out a a drama that put an emphasis on a rather unconvincing love story between joe and hush . it then shift to comedy ( rather lame comedy that be ) during the middle of the film . by the end and the film once again shift back to drama . with such a lack of direction in a poor script and terrible acting ( especially from stone and whose career be definitely in freefall ) and beautiful joe be anything but beautiful . ( negative ) .