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Beauty in Trouble

2006 · 1h 50m · N/A Comedy, Drama
Directed by Jan Hřebejk

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Overview

Marcela can't bear Jarda any longer, so she threatens divorce and takes the kids to her mom's, whose husband is a creep. While Marcela is there, Jarda is jailed, because he is part of a gang steeling cars and they get caught in the act. Benes, the urbane man whose car got stolen by Jarda and his gang, befriends Marcela. Soon she feels drawn to Benes and all of a sudden she must make up her mind: Jarda is still sexually attractive to her, but Benes offers security, and her own body and mind may not pull at the same strand.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh

While this seems like familiar territory, in the hands of director Jan Hrebejk and his longtime screenwriting partner, Petr Jarchovsky, it's an engrossing, layered story of the ill-fitting choices and compromises everyone makes.

Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News
Fresh

Beauty in Trouble uses another kind of catastrophe to reveal the true nature of its central characters.

John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh

Impressive for its mastery, intelligence, and ambition in juggling intricate plot strands and memorable characters.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

This is the kind of film that achieves one simple but difficult thing: It pleases you.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

Comedy and chemistry make for an intoxicating mix in this acerbic, knowing character study from Czech director Jan Hrebejk and screenwriter Petr Jarchovsky.

John Anderson, Newsday

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