Eternal Beauty

Name: Eternal Beauty
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: October 2, 2020
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Alice Lowe, Ashley McGuire, Banita Sandhu, Billie Piper, David Thewlis

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date (Streaming): October 2, 2020 | R

Starring: Alice Lowe, Ashley McGuire, Banita Sandhu, Billie Piper, David Thewlis, Morfydd Clark, Paul Hilton, Penelope Wilton, Robert Aramayo, Robert Pugh, Sally Hawkins

Summary: When Jane (Sally Hawkins) is dumped at the altar she has a breakdown and spirals into a chaotic world, where love (both real and imagined) and family relationships collide with both touching and humorous consequences.

Director: Craig Roberts

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Thomas Alexander

Oct 2, 2020

Eternal Beauty, whilst it is not entirely devoid of cliché, provides a much-needed, deeply human alternative to the noisy and tragic narratives about hallucinatory derangement, terror, and victimisation that we may have come to expect from films about madness. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Oct 2, 2020

The muddled story-telling, a reflection of Jane's perception of the world, may frustrate some viewers. But those who can appreciate it as pointillist rather than linear will be able to appreciate fully Roberts' control of mood and the exceptional depth of the performances. Read full review

Polygon Karen Han

Oct 7, 2020

The film is, in the end, Hawkins’ to own. Her eyes — and her posture, her voice, her jittery movements — defy any show-stealing, and lend a solidity to a film that might be a little flimsy otherwise. Read full review

Empire Ian Freer

Sep 28, 2020

A brilliant Sally Hawkins stands atop Craig Roberts’ perceptive look at mental illness. Small but beautifully formed. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Oct 1, 2020

While Eternal Beauty is oftentimes funny, it’s almost always dramatically profound and emotionally complex. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Oct 6, 2020

Roberts relies heavily on imagery suggesting a confused reality ( characters are constantly fractured into multiple reflections) but the use of colour is an effective shorthand that clues us into Jane’s state of mind. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Sep 30, 2020

With an assist from Sally Hawkins’ valiantly committed lead performance, the result occasionally summons the genuinely disoriented perspective of an unstable protagonist, but more often, it’s the filmmaking that seems to spiral out of control. Read full review

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Thomass

Nov 1, 2020

A good movie and something different. The director has managed to make a movie dealing with mental health area that is not all sadness and tragic ridden. The movie is humorous without being insulting or maudlin. Sally Hawkins is fantastic!

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alexdave67

Oct 10, 2020

Excellent performance from Sally Hawkins, becoming one of Britain's top drama actresses. The opening scenes are hilarious and the film holds this humour but also has a very serious and sad tone, due to the topic of mental illness. There are also notable good performances from David ThewlisExcellent performance from Sally Hawkins, becoming one of Britain's top drama actresses. The opening scenes are hilarious and the film holds this humour but also has a very serious and sad tone, due to the topic of mental illness. There are also notable good performances from David Thewlis and Penelope Wilson. Jane is the kind of character that you fall for and you cling to all her lines, even the little quiet one liners under her breath.
Although there are good performances throughout, this is Hawkins film. Her posture, mumbling, dialogue and pure pressence capture the tortured world of her mental health. This film made me laugh loudly on numerous occasions and although there is a sadness the storyline, there was a big smile on my face from start to finish. Brilliantly mad. Loved it.… Expand

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DawdlingPoet

Jun 8, 2022

This is very much a quirky character driven drama. Sally Hawkins does well portraying a vulnerable, demure young lady. Its more sad than it is funny, so I'm surprised its categorised, in part, as a comedy - there are some light hearted moments in it I suppose but its more a depiction of aThis is very much a quirky character driven drama. Sally Hawkins does well portraying a vulnerable, demure young lady. Its more sad than it is funny, so I'm surprised its categorised, in part, as a comedy - there are some light hearted moments in it I suppose but its more a depiction of a dysfunctional family at large than primarily an idyllic rom-com. I thought the cast did well and its an interesting watch. It became quite moving after about an hour, when things take a somewhat more dark turn. I think Sally's performance is reasonably memorable and I'd recommend this film to fans of hers. A key word relating to this film and the main character is fragility.… Expand

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