Some Kind of Beautiful (2014) poster

2014 · comedy · romance

Some Kind of Beautiful

Directed by Tom Vaughan1h 39m2014

By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor at renowned Trinity College in Cambridge. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. But Richard has grown tired of the game and is looking for something more meaningful and lasting. So when Kate, Richard’s tanned, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant, Richard is thrilled. He looks forward to having a family of his own, being a father his children could be proud of, not some sex-fueled bobcat. There is only one problem. Richard’s not in love with Kate. Richard is in love with Kate’s sister, Olivia. He had been in love with her ever since he first saw her.

Our read: Some Kind of Beautiful (2014) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Cast

Pierce Brosnan Jessica Alba Salma Hayek Pinault Duncan Joiner Ben McKenzie

Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb5.717kRT6%Metacritic11

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DNA · twelve axes

How Some Kind of Beautiful feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy

PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic

IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme

WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal

HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive

StakesIntimate ↔ Epic

HumourNone ↔ Broad

RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical

DensitySparse ↔ Twisty

WarmthCold ↔ Tender

AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature

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What watching it is actually like.

“You want glossy rom-com chaos with Brosnan, Alba, and Hayek.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 10attention 2/5feels its length

Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Heads-upcringe humiliationexplicit sexnuditydrug use

Skip it tonight — You hate teacher-student romance or need genuinely funny writing.

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The Other Woman (2014)

sisters, affairs, and relationship revenge comedy

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