I went back and revisited this movie, after not having seen it for years, and it was just as good as I remember. What an unbeatable ensemble cast: Timothy Hutton (who still holds the record for youngest male Oscar winner, winning when he was only 19 for "Ordinary People"), Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino (Supporting Actress, "Mighty Aphrodite"), future Oscar-winner Natalie Portman ("Black Swan"), Matt Dillon, Rosie O'Donnell, Martha Plimpton ("Running on Empty", TV's "Raising Hope"), Uma Thurman ("Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill," Parts 1 and 2), David Arquette, Michael Rapaport ("True Romance"), Lauren Holly ("Dumb and Dumber"), Noah Emmerich (who has every-man appeal and seems like someone you know), Max Perlich, Anne Bobby, and Annabeth Gish ("Mystic Pizza"). Male-female-relationship drama left and right, but with just the right touches of warmth and humor (despite some abrasive language and inappropriate adult themes), and the short-but-sweet scenes between "Willie" (Hutton) and 13-year-old next-door neighbor "Marty" (Portman), completely innocent, together create an on-screen relationship that's the movie's most genuine, endearing, and memorable.

Enjoyable "coming of age" flick -- actually sort of coming of middle age, with the exception of a pubescent Natalie Portman, who nearly steals the show in her delightful performance as impossibly wise, perceptive and cute Marty. Timothy Hutton is also fun to watch as Willie, an apprehensive Peter Pan under Marty's spell. It's all innocent, by the way, enough so that Will's raunchy and loser buddies, all professional snow plowman in Minnesota's eternal winter, even crack jokes about his pedophilia in the midst of their own romantic angst and struggles against maturity. Rosie O'Donnell is also great at just being Rosie, although she'd never pass as a Minn. native with her Bronx accent.

Scene-stealing cast, 1996 film directed by Ted Demme from a script by Scott Rosenberg. Rosie O'Donnell and Natalie Portman stand out, with Mira Sorvino and Timothy Hutton in understated roles.

There is some great talent in this film rather confusingly named Beautiful Girls. Natalie Portman as a 13-year-old who is witty, smart and sexy with a wonderful ageless maturity and early Uma Thurman, beautiful and killingly decisive with her charming matter-of-factness are but two of the beautiful girls. Tim Hutton and Matt Dillon, about to turn thirty, and about to go to a high school reunion while experiencing a lack of decisiveness about the direction of their lives and the women they are involved with. Terrific cast, some moments of great dialogue.

I loved this movie. Bursting with acting talent (Natalie Portman at 15 was already on her way) Beautiful Girls dealt with the various complications between a group of buddies since their high school days and their respective girlfriends. Not much of a storyline, but it is done so well, so realistically, and the participants are for the most part so likeable, that it's hard not to love this film. Worth seeing more than once.

I already owned this movie but ordered it as a birthday present for my niece. I love this movie. The characters are people who you actually care about. The whole storyline is something that actually is common to a lot of people that age - trying to find yourself and decide what to do with your life. It is a completely believable movie and is my all time favorite! I have watched this so many times I know the lines before they are said but I can still watch it over and over. I absolutely love Timothy Hutton in this role. Matt Dillon also gives a great performance. Needless to say it is now one of my niece's top five favorite movies and she says its the best gift she got this year!!!

Love this movie ~ I really can't say why but I do really like Timothy Hutton and Matt Dillon. And I knew that little girl, Natalie Portman, would grow up to be very very pretty and a good actress. It does have an all-star cast too. But, this is always my go to movie on a cold winter night all snug in my fleece pjs and sipping on my cup of hot tea. LOVE IT~~~~

The reason this keeps showing up in my list to rate is bc I keep buying it for friends as a gift. It's the movie that made me a writer. The cast is incredible, with this list of characters there's truly someone for everyone (I love all of them) and the story is simple and meaningful, it's very funny and everything about it stands the test of time. Watch this movie and I guarantee you'll be telling someone else about it, it's that good!