Beautiful

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Plot

After another teenager disappears from the idyllic suburb of Sunshine Hills, Suzy, the girl-next-door of every boy's dreams, persuades Daniel, a fourteen-year-old with an obsessive crush, to help her uncover the truth.

Release Year: 2009

Rating: 5.1/10 (1,008 voted)

Director:
Dean O'Flaherty

Stars: Peta Wilson, Aaron Jeffery, Asher Keddie

Storyline
After another teenager disappears from the idyllic suburb of Sunshine Hills, Suzy, the girl-next-door of every boy's dreams, persuades Daniel, a fourteen-year-old with an obsessive crush, to help her uncover the truth.

Cast:

Peta Wilson
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Sherrie

Aaron Jeffery
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Alan

Asher Keddie
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Jennifer

Sebastian Gregory
–

Danny

Tahyna Tozzi
–

Suzy

Socratis Otto
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Max

Alex Williamson
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Bully

Laura Trevor
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Amanda Howatt

Joe Meldrum
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Boy Playing Cricket

Corey Boutwell
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Boy Playing Cricket

Nat Nilson
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Boy Playing Cricket

Ben Cosh
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Boy Playing Cricket

Harris Goudas
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Boy Playing Cricket

Jess Bosisto
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Girl on Roller Skates

Tori O'Neil
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Girl on Roller Skates

Taglines:
Get me some secrets

Release Date: 5 March 2009

Filming Locations: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Opening Weekend: $14,340
(Australia)
(8 March 2009)
(19 Screens)

Gross: $32,024
(Australia)
(22 March 2009)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Australia: 97 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

This film marks the directorial debut of director Dean O'Flaherty.

Goofs:

Continuity:
The film is made by an Australian company, and seems to be based in Australia, but the vehicles used are a mix of right-hand drive (used in Australia, Great Britain, etc.) and left-hand drive (used in U.S., Canada, etc.). When Alan drives Daniel home, it's right-hand drive; when one of the abducted girls gets into the black car, it's right-hand drive; when Sherrie gets up in the morning and goes to the doctor, it's left-hand drive… and yet, she is shown driving on the left-hand side of the road, as they do in Australia.

Quotes:

[first lines]

Suzy:
When people visit Sunshine Hills, they comment on the beauty, and the serenity. What they don't talk about, is the real theater resides in our minds. I recall the exact moment that our fear was born. It started when the teenage girls in our neighborhood were being abducted. And number 46 – the *bad* house, with an equally dubious history of rape, and murder – very few tenants.

User Review

The dark side of suburban life

Rating: 7/10


despite a few comparisons to 'American beauty' and Blue velvet' this
film is definitely not in the same league as those films.it is however
a well constructed thriller from first time director Dean
O'Flaherty.'Beautiful' shows us the secrets that hide behind what
appears to be a normal suburban town in Adelaide and how the main
character is determined to find the truth no matter how dark things
might really be.Apparently this film was made on a low budget but the
cinematography and acting by the cast is so impressive that you don't
even notice.I thought the film loses steam near the end but overall
this is a unique film that deserves to be seen by a mainstream
audience.7 out of ten.