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A Beautiful Life

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A teenage runaway (Angela Sarafyan) falls in love with an illegal immigrant (Jesse Garcia) who works in a Los Angeles strip club.

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Mark Jenkins NPR 05/20/2011
[Lau] successfully balances satire and sentimentality in the first half, but loses his bearings in the sappier second part. Go to Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 05/19/2011
2.5/5
Whatever does work here - mainly a soulful performance by Liu Ye - ultimately gets lost in the excess. Go to Full Review Jeff Shannon Seattle Times 05/19/2011
2.5/4
The film strains credulity by pushing its characters wildly to and fro with a shamelessly sentimental screenplay. Go to Full Review Michael C. Walsh Boston Phoenix 05/19/2011
1.5/4
Unfortunately, Lau throws in one too many wrinkles, squandering our empathy by forcing us through a long-winded relationship involving betrayal and illness. Go to Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 10/05/2009
3.5/10
An amateurish, contrived drama that's neither captivating, insightful nor engrossing. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Bahad j 07/06/2024 I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life. See more 01/02/2014 [Lau] successfully balances satire and sentimentality in the first half, but loses his bearings in the sappier second part. See more Frances H 05/09/2013 Not really interesting due to rather bad acting and script. See more 12/17/2012 something which failed to create excitement due to lame acting.. See more 08/08/2012 This movie was a bit difficult to follow. There were a lot of characters that had rambling stories that were hard to figure out. The ending was a little disturbing, but things were on the right track for a happily-ever-after ending. See more 05/13/2011 This was a huge waste of time! Acting was VERY bad, especially Angela Sarafayan!! Everything about this movie was amateurish. Don't know who outfitted Ling, but that was a disaster. Whoever put this out, gather all copies and BURN THEM! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Alejandro Chomski

Director

Jesse Garcia

David

Angela Sarafyan

Maggie

Debi Mazar

Susan

Bai Ling

Esther

Dana Delany

Anne

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A Beautiful Life

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Movie Info

Synopsis A teenage runaway (Angela Sarafyan) falls in love with an illegal immigrant (Jesse Garcia) who works in a Los Angeles strip club.
Director
Alejandro Chomski
Producer
Nesim Hason, Deborah Calla
Screenwriter
Wendy Hammond, Deborah Calla
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 17, 2019
Runtime
1h 21m
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