Beautiful People

Beautiful People

A comic collision of chaos and coincidence

Directed by Jasmin Dizdar

Produced by British Screen Productions, Arts Council of England

1999107 min6.2 / 10

A darkly comic ensemble piece that uses football rivalry and refugee displacement to explore how chaos and human connection collide across cultural divides.

In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.

Questions people ask

  • Is Beautiful People easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Is Beautiful People scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Beautiful People end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Beautiful People violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Beautiful People sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

30/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity51

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise15

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Beautiful People

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Beautiful People

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Beautiful People, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Beautiful People, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Beautiful People, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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