Beautiful Disaster

2023 1h 36m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 919

RomanceDramaComedy

Synopsis

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College freshman Abby tries to distance herself from her dark past while resisting her attraction to bad boy Travis.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Dylan Sprouse
Travis Maddox
Virginia Gardner
Abby Abernathy
Austin North
Shepley Maddox
Libe Barer
America Mason
Rob Estes
Benny
Brian Austin Green
Mick Abernathy
Autumn Reeser
Professor Felder
Samuel Larsen
Jesse Viveros

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roger Kumble
Writers: Roger Kumble, Krista Vacheva
Languages: French, English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 27% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Beautiful Disaster Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roger Kumble, shot by Joshua Reis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Matthew Rundell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dylan Sprouse and Virginia Gardner and Austin North carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2316548 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Roger Kumble directs. Joshua Reis behind the camera. Matthew Rundell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

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1Earned back only 27% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
4Part of the "Beautiful Disaster Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Roger Kumble, shot by Joshua Reis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Matthew Rundell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Dylan Sprouse and Virginia Gardner and Austin North carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt2316548 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "based on novel or book", "bare knuckle boxing", "underground fighting", "young adult".
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Joshua Reis
Editing: Matthew Rundell
Production design: Britt Doughty
Costume design: Jasmina Vasileva
Makeup / hair: Gergana Batanova
VFX supervisor: Ben Burrell
Sound: David Barber
Stunt coordinator: Asen Asenov
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $6,850,036
Return: 27% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Beautiful Disaster (2023)

Part of

Beautiful Disaster Collection

Based on the Wattpad novels of the same name, it follows the whirlwind relationship between an underground fighter and a college girl.

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CinemaSerf2023-04-13
★ 6/10
I fully expected to hate this - but, well, I didn't. "Abby" (Virginia Gardner) is fed up picking up the pieces for her gambler father so heads to college in California. First night there, she and her pal "America" (Libe Barer) head off to a student equivalent of "Fight Club" where she meets the bare knuckle champion "Travis" (Dylan Sprouse). Replete with some of his latest victim's blood on her top, she feigns a loathing for the man but... Shortly afterwards, their dorm water supply runs dry and she has to move in with her friend. Guess what? Yep, one of her new roomies is none other than the mischievous pugilist. There now follows a rather contrived - and frankly ridiculous - bet that sees her end up sharing his bed for a month, Will they, won't they? That doesn't matter - this film isn't about jeopardy. It's about pretty people having a bit of a laugh and hoping some of that rubs off on us. I found there to a bit of chemistry between the two, "Travis" is actually quite charismatic and the humour is marginally more sophisticated than we would find in, say, the interminable "After..." series of teen melodramas. It's trying to do grown up, and it makes a half-decent fist of it. The last twenty minutes are particularly daft though - and did rather ruin the thing. It certainly does not need a cinema viewing (even though there were certainly 50+ people at the screening I attended) - but even if it is too long, it's still an OK watch.

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