Beautiful Girls

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The article is about the film Beautiful Girls. For Australian music trio, see The Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls (1996) is a film directed by Ted Demme and starring Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Mira Sorvino, Annabeth Gish, Timothy Hutton, Lauren Holly, Natalie Portman, Martha Plimpton, Michael Rapaport and Rosie O'Donnell.

A piano player (played by Timothy Hutton), at a crossroads in his life, returns to his hometown for a high school reunion, where he finds that his classmates are not very successful in life either, especially not in love. His heart, however, is captured by a young girl who is only thirteen but an "old soul" (played by Natalie Portman).

"Beautiful Girls" is also the name of a famous song by rock musicians Van Halen. However, the theme song to the film is "Beautiful Girl" by singer Pete Droge.

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Characters

The men:

Willie Conway (played by Timothy Hutton) — Pianist from out of town
Tommy 'Birdman' Rowland (played by Matt Dillon) — Head snow plower
Michael 'Mo' Morris (played by Noah Emmerich) — Factory manager
Kev (played by Max Perlich) — Snow plower
Paul Kirkwood (played by Michael Rapaport) — Snow plower who is obsessed with centerfold models
Stanley 'Stinky' Womack (played by Pruitt Taylor Vince) — Bartender

The women:

Tracy Stover (played by Annabeth Gish) — Willie long term girlfriend
Darian Smalls (played by Lauren Holly) — Tommy's old love interest from High School
Gina Barrisano (played by Rosie O'Donnell) — Friend and hair stylist of the women
Jan (played by Martha Plimpton) — Paul's on again-off again girlfriend
Marty (played by Natalie Portman) — Conway family's neighbor and Willie's Lolita
Sharon Cassidy (played by Mira Sorvino) — Tommy's current girlfriend
Andera (played by Uma Thurman) — Sticky's cousin from out of town.