The major theme of this movie is that guys take a little bit (ok, a lot bit) longer to grow up than woman do. Some of us never grow up. This is a theme has been in different ways for many years (it would be longer if film were invented earlier. After all, as a gender we have sucked for much longer).

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So what does Beautiful Girls bring to the table that we haven't seen before in movies like High Fidelity? On the surface the answer might be "not much" but if you look a little deeper there is a bit more to see. The best example of this is the Natalie Portman character. Ok, it's a bit creepy at first but there was a reason why she was necessary. The character seemed interested in her because he seemed to think that he could kind of start over with something simpler rather than work to maintain what he has. He wasn't starting over - he was trying to maintain his status of a man that hasn't evolved yet.

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My Navy buddies and I watched this movie over and over again. This movie has an amazing cast of the hot crowd from the mid-nineties. However, the scene stealer is Natalie Portman as Marty (named for her grandfather). The line where she says, "I'll be hot" has turned out to be quite prophetic. Her Christopher Robin/Winnie the Pooh analogy with Timothy Hutton was really nicely done. Every member of the cast contributes some nice stuff here. Even Rosie O'Donnell wasn't annoying when she goes on her rant about how fake the women in men's magazines are. The scene with Michael Rapaport talking about how "champagne diamonds" are the new thing was hilarious. Add in Uma, Mira Sorvino, Lauren Holly and some "Sweet Caroline" and you have a thoroughly enjoyable movie.

A movie that relies on character and dialogue has to do better with both. Characters in this equate to whoever they're chasing and the dialogue just isn't witty enough. Slow movie. I couldn't relate to it. The heart warming feel in contrived with cliché scenes like singing at a piano and drinking. Couldn't last the whole movie.

Give it a go. After 30 minutes you'll know if you like it or not.

Tommy (Birdman) Rowland: What's with you, man?
Paul Kirkwood: What?
Tommy (Birdman) Rowland: Well, how much you pay for this brown rock?
Paul Kirkwood: What difference does it make?
Tommy (Birdman) Rowland: What difference does it make? Diamonds are supposed to be colorless! You go out and buy a colored diamond for a girl you're not even seeing, man, you've been eating retard sandwiches again.