Beaches

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Beaches

TV-14

2017

1h 27m

Drama

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Two youngsters meet on the Venice Boardwalk and embark on a lifelong friendship.

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Mike Hale

New York Times

The Lifetime Beaches is a reduction of the original - smaller emotions, smaller performances, fewer songs, shorter running time (about 87 minutes versus 123) - and while that could have been an improvement, it's not.

Jan 20, 2017

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Meredith Blake

Los Angeles Times

You may be moved by Menzel's characteristically volcanic rendition of "Wind Beneath My Wings." More likely, you'll just cry from boredom.

Jan 20, 2017

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

Menzel's singing... does provide compensation for wading through the melodrama, although frankly, DVR-ing and zapping to those parts would be the more time-effective option.

Jan 20, 2017

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Lara Zarum

Flavorwire

A freeze-dried remake that'll leave you wistful for the fresh taste of the original.

Feb 1, 2017

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Scott D. Pierce

Salt Lake Tribune

Menzel has a spectacular voice. But ... she's not Bette Midler. And Beaches without Midler is just not the same thing. It's just not as good.

Jan 20, 2017

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Ed Bark

Uncle Barky

Lifetime's re-do of Beaches provides a suitably weepy, sometimes sappy, overall entertaining escape.

Rated: B-

Jan 19, 2017

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Julian S

A hollow knockoff of Garry Marshall’s campy, tear-jerking original, weighed down by soulless song remakes. All it does is make you want to revisit the original for the hundredth time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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Tanya W

Very disappointed. While I love both actresses the movie felt very play like.. I am a huge fan of the original Beaches movie (1988) and this didn't give you the feel of a lifelong relationship like the original did.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Avery R

Beaches is a charming remake of the classic film that starred Bette Midler and in her place Idina Menzel played a better version of C. C. Bloom! I love the new songs and the classic ones are just perfect!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/18/24

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SkyRo P

The remake of the movie "Beaches" starring Nia Long and Idina Menzel was a charming film, although it lacked in major character development. The acting by Nia and Idina was decent, but the storyline felt a bit off at times, especially with lines like, "I'm rich. I could buy a heart." The daughter, Tori, portrayed by a young actress with limited skills, failed to evoke any real emotion when her mother passed away. It felt like she was just a selfish character throughout the movie. The mother-daughter relationship lacked depth and bonding, making it hard to connect with the characters on an emotional level. The saving grace of the film was the great music and fantastic singing, but overall, it fell short as a bland remake that didn't live up to the potential of the original.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Olga B

Bland, that is the best I can describe this movie. None of the characters had chemistry at all. Starting with the young versions of the main characters. It didn’t have emotion transmitted throughout the dialogues. Great actresses like Nia Long, could not make it happen. A true shame.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Audience Member

Never having seen the original I really liked it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Synopsis

Two youngsters meet on the Venice Boardwalk and embark on a lifelong friendship.

Director: Allison Anders
Producer: Harvey Kahn, S. Lily Hui
Screenwriter: Bart Baker, Nikole Beckwith
Production Co: Lifetime Films
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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