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Beautiful Disaster
2023 96 min United States of America R 18+
★6.1
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Director: Roger Kumble
🎭 Based on
«Beautiful Disaster»
byJamie McGuire
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Description
College freshman Abby tries to distance herself from her dark past while resisting her attraction to bad boy Travis.
Budget:
$25M
Worldwide:
$6.85M
Starring
Dylan Sprouse
Actor
Virginia Gardner
Actor
Austin North
Actor
Key opinion
Beautiful Disaster is widely perceived as a superficial, cliché-ridden adaptation that fails to capture the depth of its source material. While some viewers appreciate the lighthearted, low-stakes romantic comedy elements, most critics find the plot incoherent, the characters poorly developed, and the overall execution amateurish.
| Screenplay | The film leans on exhausted rom-com tropes and lacks psychological depth, often feeling like a derivative fan-fiction adaptation. | |
| Pacing | The narrative suffers from a disjointed, rambling structure that sacrifices character development for a frantic pace. | |
| Adaptation | The adaptation is criticized for stripping away essential plot points and emotional nuance from the original novel, leaving characters feeling shallow or unrecognizable. | |
| Acting | Opinions on the lead chemistry are divided; some find the banter between Sprouse and Gardner genuinely entertaining, while others see no connection between the performers. |