Beautiful Girls

Synopsis: 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 scho
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Ted Demme
Production: Miramax Films
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
R
Year:
1996
112 min
Website
1,011 Views


Nice playing, Will.

Thanks.

How you getting up there?

- Going by bus.

- How long's that?

It's... five, six hours.

- How about some food?

- No, I'm good. I'll see you.

- One to Knight's Ridge.

- One-way or round trip?

- One-way. How much is that?

- $48.

There you go.

OK. Gate 62. That way and turn right.

Have a good trip.

That's it.

Oh, sh*t.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Here you go.

- Thanks.

No 'buca. What's the matter?

No Sambuca this time?

- It's five in the morning, Kev.

- Is that too late or too early?

You guys done for the night?

- Yeah.

- Big storm.

- I didn't have any styrofoam.

- That's OK. I'll bring 'em back.

- OK.

- OK.

- Bye, Kev.

- Yeah.

- I'll see you.

- Bye.

- What?

- The styrofoam thing creases me.

- What are you talking about?

- First storm,

you'd think she'd get

some styrofoam cups for, like, $1.99.

- I'll return the mugs this time.

- Shut your f***ing hole.

- The chick's married, Tommy.

- No sh*t.

- She's not home.

- Where is she?

- Banging that guy.

- Buddy, she's sleeping.

I'll bet $20 she's banging that guy.

- Bad bet.

- Bad bet? Why?

Either way, you lose.

If you win, she's bangin' him.

If you lose, you lose 20 bucks.

Not a smart bet.

- I can't believe her.

- You really think she is?

- I know.

- The meat cutter?

Yes. The f***ing meat cutter.

What future can she have?

He cuts meat!

- You plough snow.

- At least meat you can eat.

- Why is he here?

- He's an employee.

All right. I'm outta here.

I'll see you at home.

- Don't go by Jan's.

- I'm not.

- Hey.

- You sand my lots?

- Yeah. Don't go by there.

- I'm not. Just get my lots.

- He's going by there.

- Without a doubt.

- Do I got anything in my 'stache?

- You're clean.

Willie!

- Willie!

- Hey, Mo!

- How you doing, man?

- All right. Good to see you.

- Good to be back?

- I've been back four minutes.

- You remember Cheryl and Michael Jr?

- Wow, Mo, they're...

cute.

- Yeah. You still seeing that chick?

- What do you mean by seeing?

- You're not engaged?

- No.

Well, it's been... what, a year?

- She hasn't put pressure on you?

- Depends what you mean by pressure.

Hey, kids.

- Hey, you psyched for the reunion?

- Oh, yeah.

- It's great to be back.

- The gang back together.

- Everybody's coming?

- Oh, yeah, everybody.

I can't wait to show you the house.

Come over for brunch.

Sarah'll make her waffles.

- Great. Thanks for the ride.

- No problem. You OK with this?

Yeah, I'm OK. I'm fine.

I'm glad you're home, man.

- All right, see you.

- See you soon.

- See you, kids.

- Bye!

- Hey, kids. Who wants ice cream?

- Me!

Hello, Dad.

- When did you get in?

- Just now. Mo picked me up.

- Got a lot of bags. Staying long?

- I don't know.

There's golf on TV.

Would you like to watch some golf?

Sure.

Why don't you put your bags upstairs

and come down and watch some golf?

Yeah. Yeah.

Hey!

Oh, man!

- You just getting up?

- Oh, yeah, man.

- Wild night. I got wrecked.

- Yeah?

- You gonna be home long?

- I don't know. We'll see.

- You see Dad?

- Yeah. We're gonna watch some golf.

- You missed a hell of a storm.

- Yeah.

Hey, when did the Ryans move out?

Ryans? I don't know. Last year.

Who moved in?

I don't know.

- They got a kid?

- Do they? I don't know.

Yeah, I think so. They got a kid.

Yeah, I'm gonna take a dump, man.

- Hey! Willie C! What's up?

- Paulie.

- You remember Elle MacPherson?

- How you doin'?

Jan's banging some meat cutter.

- It started a month ago.

- I heard you got the ultimatum.

F*** that.

What right does she have to do that?

- You've been going out seven years.

- So what's the big deal?

- How old is Jan?

- Don't start with me...

- She's 27.

- 27. Maybe she wants to have kids.

So what? I wanna have kids, too,

but what's the rush?

Kathy Lee Gifford just had a kid

and she's 45.

- So who's this guy?

- Victor the meat cutter.

You ready to puke? This guy's 40,

divorced and has three kids.

So there's no way

she's getting sperm from him.

Exactly. I knew you'd understand.

You wanna know what really

creases me? Jan's a vegetarian.

- Right.

- You see the hypocrisy?

Jan's a vegetarian.

He's a meat cutter.

Oh, wow!

How can she live

with a man who stinks of brisket?

Show time is 12:
30

here on Sports Central.

- You're saying six...?

- Six speakers.

- Hey, look who's here.

- Hey! What's up?

- Hey!

- It's Sharon. She's sleeping.

Listen, I'll see you in a minute.

All right.

- Hey.

- Yeah?

- It's good to see you.

- Good to see you.

Jesus.

You still seeing that chick?

The lawyer?

- Tracy, yeah.

- Tracy? What's goin' on?

- She's great.

- And?

- What?

- What's the deal?

- We're going through this stage...

- They're all sisters. Trust me.

It's one big conspiracy.

Leave it alone.

- You been playing piano?

- Yeah. Nothing steady.

- Good money?

- How they doing?

All he ever thinks about

is Darian Smalls.

- Come on! Still?

- Nothing changes around here, Will.

Every time Sharon sees Birdy

thinking about Darian,

it's another pound

when she looks in the mirror.

Have you seen her?

She's like one of those kids

Sally Struthers feeds paste to.

- We need models.

- What?

They're beautiful, rich, you don't

have to spend much time with them.

F***ers that date models,

they got it made.

My next girlfriend's

gonna be a six-foot-tall model.

Definitely.

A big one.

- Models.

- I like those chicks.

Don't shovel much, do you?

- What makes you say that?

- Your technique, it's sloppy.

- You live in a city or warm climate.

- City.

You grew up here?

Yeah. Yeah.

- Don't visit much?

- Nope.

- Mom dead?

- You a cop?

No.

Yeah, my mother's dead.

I knew it. Your dad's

kind of a sad guy.

Your brother is kind of missing that

thing that having a mom gives you.

It's a lonely house you got.

What's your name?

- Marty.

- As in Martha?

As in Marty, named for a grandfather

I never even knew - Martin.

So now I'm Marty.

Just Marty. A girl named Marty.

It is the bane of my existence.

- How old are you?

- 13, but I'm an old soul.

So why did you come back?

Well...

My high school reunion.

- Heavy.

- Yeah.

- So what's your name?

- Willie.

Willie, I like your 'burns.

Thanks.

- You're kinda cool.

- How do you mean?

I don't know. It's just a call.

You don't think you are?

I...

I, um...

No, I... I think I am.

You are... I think.

- Yeah?

- Maybe not.

I'm gonna go.

Yeah, I'll see you around...

Marty.

Are you Victor?

Excuse me, is your name Victor?

See who's here?

- Sh*t.

- Are you Victor?

I'm looking for Victor

the meat cutter.

I hit a cow

and he could slice me some steaks.

- It's a waste to let it rot.

- You're not funny.

I'm serious, Jan.

I don't appreciate you burying my

driveway like some obsessed lunatic.

- OK. That's fair.

- What do you want?

- I wanna give you this.

- What is that?

- It's a rump roast. Come on.

- Paul...

Come on. At least open it.

- I really don't think I should.

- Do you believe this?

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Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is an American film, television, and comic book producer. He is the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a library of comic-book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media. He is also the former founder and president of Malibu Comics, and is a former senior executive vice president for Marvel Comics. more…

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