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Actors: Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Kathleen Turner, Leslie Stefanson
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Beautiful
    The main story of this movie is about Mona Hibbard (Minnie Driver) a poor girl from a small town with a dream of becoming Miss America; she works her way up through a variety of obstacles. Filming location is Los Angeles, California, USA and the movie is rated PG-13 for language and thematic elements.

    Mona (Minnie Driver) plays a character of a single mom and a beauty pageant contestant with a tough heart. Mona tries to keep her past a secret that she has a daughter, she even hides her relationship a secret from her own illegitimate daughter Vanessa.

    Mona has a best friend from childhood Ruby. Ruby is willing to help Mona pursue her ambition. Ruby even helps Mona to hide the secret of Vanessa, Ruby and Mona told Vanessa that she is Ruby's daughter but as she grows up she start questioning Mona that why does she looks so much like Mona if Ruby is her mother and eventually she finds out the truth. Mona during quest for the tiara, in the moment of truth, she comes to teary terms with her situation and finds a friend in her daughter Vanessa.

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Analysis of Beautiful
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - present (2000-2010)
Family, struggling with Yes
Struggle with: - Daughter
Inner struggle or disability Yes
Struggle with - search for family/history
How much humor v. drama - Mostly humor, but some serious drama

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed? - Slightly see-through clothes
Events of movie makes character more... - caring
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type - (woman) very skinny
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance... - lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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