Beautiful Thing (1996)

Cast:

Glen Berry … Jamie Gangel

Scott Neal … Ste Pearce

Linda Henry … Sandra Gangel

Tameka Empson … Leah Russell

Ben Daniels … Tony

Garry Cooper … Ronnie Pearce

Director:

Hettie Macdonald

Genre:

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Tagline:

An urban fairytale.

Plot:

In a suburb of London, young Jamie is escaping sport hours, to avoid being the victim of his comrades. Young Ste, his neighbor, is beaten by his father, and comes to sleep overnight. They discover new feelings, sleeping in the same bed.

Comment:

It is definitely fairytale. There are a lot of issues in this film, but mostly they aren’t expressed much, I guess. I kinda was glad when I found Ben Daniles in this film.