The Object of Beauty
The Object of Beauty | |
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Directed by | Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
Written by | Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
Produced by | Jon S. Denny |
Starring | |
Cinematography | David Watkin |
Edited by | Ruth Foster |
Music by | Tom Bähler |
Distributed by | Avenue Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | £2 million[1] |
Box office | $5,136,759[2] |
The Object of Beauty is a 1991 comedy crime–drama film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell.[3]
Plot[]
Jake and Tina have taken up residence in a London hotel, living way beyond their means. He is a commodities broker whose shipment of cocoa beans is tied up by a Third World country's revolution. She is a woman with extravagant tastes who is still technically married to Larry, her first husband.
The two of them are so broke that when it comes time to pay for a dinner at the hotel, Jake hands a credit card to the waiter and prays that it won't be canceled. A pair of hotel executives, Mercer and Swayle, repeatedly make attempts to confront Jake and Tina about their growing unpaid bill.
Only one object stands between the couple and total insolvency. That is a tiny sculpture by Henry Moore that was given to Tina by her husband as a gift. But just as she and Jake hatch a scheme to pretend the object is stolen and collect the insurance on it, a deaf housekeeper, Jenny, decides to steal it for herself.
After she steals it Tina and Jake get upset. Then Jenny's brother decides to take it and sell it, but nobody will buy it and he ends up losing it. Jake and Tina argues, he goes to Joan (Tina's best friend) and they end up sleeping together. Next day Jenny searches with her brother and find the statue in a heap of rubble. Jenny returns it then steals it again and when the insurance company comes she hands it over. Jake and Tina auction it off later and are able to pay for everythinand go on vacation.
Cast[]
- John Malkovich as Jake Bartholemew
- Andie MacDowell as Tina Lesley Bartholemew
- Lolita Davidovich as Joan
- Rudi Davies as Jenny
- Joss Ackland as Mr. Mercer
- Bill Paterson as Victor Swayle
- Ricci Harnett as Steve
- Peter Riegert as Lawrence ″Larry″ Oates
- Jack Shepherd as Mr. Slaughter
- Rosemary Martin as Mrs. Doughty
- Roger Lloyd-Pack as Frankie
- Andrew Hawkins as Gordon
- Pip Torrens as Art evaluator
- Stephen Churchett as Mr. Mundy
- as Housekeeper
- Richard Ireson as Night porter
- as Auctioneer
- Jeremy Sinden as Jonathan
- as Melissa
- John Crocker as Waiter
- Victoria Willing as Portuguese maid #1
- as Portuguese maid #2
- as Portuguese maid #3
- as Steve's friend
- as Steve's friend
- as Steve's friend
- as Steve's friend
- Brian Coyle as Steve's friend
- as Steve's friend
- as Enrico
- as Italian father
Reception[]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 77% based on reviews from 13 critics.[4]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3.5 out of a possible 4 stars. He wrote: "By the end of the film, the plot has been worked out to everyone's satisfaction, but the plot isn't really that important. What is important is the ways that people love one another."[5]
TV Guide wrote- "The Object of Beauty is not a joy forever. To watch Andie MacDowell and John Malkovich flounder in roles that might once have gone to Cary Grant and Irene Dunne or William Powell and Myrna Loy is to experience moviegoing misery.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 27.
- ^ "The Object of Beauty". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "The Object of Beauty". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "The Object of Beauty (1991)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1991). "The Object Of Beauty". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ The Object of Beauty at TV Guide
External links[]
- 1991 films
- English-language films
- 1990s crime comedy-drama films
- British films
- American films
- Films shot in Sardinia
- Films directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- British crime comedy-drama films
- American crime comedy-drama films
- 1990s crime drama film stubs