Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    Beautiful Girls is always in touch with reality but never drowned in it. [19 February 1996, p.64]
  2. 88
  3. Reviewed by: Darren Bignell
    The film really succeeds with its warm treatment of ordinary hang-ups - no life-shattering revelations or pain repressed since childhood, just the genuine, everyday trials of life.
  4. 80
    Tender, touching and downright delightful.
  5. 75
  6. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    Easy to tumble for. [9 February 1996, p.D4]
  7. Has warmth and good cheer. The film is loosely focused, but its ensemble cast is as affable as anything on television these days.
  8. The movie is wry, touching and fun to sit through, thanks to Rosenberg's amusing script, Ted Demme's vital direction and zesty performances from everyone.
  9. 67
  10. Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    Wavers between being condescending and downright preposterous, but there are redeeming moments.
  11. Reviewed by: Sara Kerr
    It's too long by half an hour, and the director, Ted Demme, can't hold onto a rhythm, but the actors are uniformly sharp, and so are the actresses.
  12. Directed, with overfondness for the goofy ways of guys, by Ted Demme and written, with overfondness for the sound of guys pontificating about nothing, by Scott Rosenberg.
  13. Forget Beautiful Girls. The title ought to be "Jerky, Messed- Up Dudes With Nowhere to Go"
  14. 50
    Despite its name, Beautiful Girls is actually about a group of irritating, twenty-something males whose adolescent attitudes have remained with them well into adulthood.
  15. Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
  16. Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    A great title in search of a movie to live up to it, this startlingly uneventful compendium of thick-headed boy-talk and female tolerance squanders a fine cast on incredibly ordinary characters and situations.
  17. Something in Hutton's wounded puppy look always communicates an untapped intelligence or wasted potential, both of which are perfect for this role.
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Mike
    Oct 18, 2006
  2. Jed
    Mar 20, 2006