
Beautiful Everything--Scenery, People, and Story
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Your mouth will fly open at least 20 times during this pure soap opera story of a naive but gorgeous French girl Noelle Page (Marie France Pisier), who falls in love with a Canadian pilot Larry Douglass (John Beck) right before WWII. When he jilts her and unknowingly leaves her pregnant, she rises to the top partly by sleeping with movie actors and directors and a rich financier (Raf Vallone). Is it for revenge OR to get Larry back?
It seems that Larry has gone on to other women (a girl in London is rumored to be pregnant too). But he finds true love when he meets whacky Kathy (a very young Susan Sarandon), who is working for a public relations firm in USA. She makes more mistakes than miracles, but when she strikes gold it is a bonanza. They marry and are happy.
But Noelle now with money and fame as a model and an actress is keeping tabs on Larry. Eventually, he is unemployed after WWII, and she causes him to be hired as her personal pilot in Greece.
This movie is pure eye candy. The scenery is gorgeous, the music is gorgeous, the story is gorgeous, and the people dress extravagantly. Even the sex scenes are gorgeous. But when it all shakes out, it is a bit unsatisfying. When it is over, you wonder if the plot really is realistic. And the twist at the end will be your 20th mouth gasp.
This movie is also about 3 hours long. Watch it on a rainy day. It is a pure box of chocolate candy that won't cause any weight gain.
This movie did not win any awards.
Review ID: 10000000007547550

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