The Beautician and the Beast | | Cast : | Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton | | Director : | Ken Kwapis | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | February 07, 1997 | | DVD Released Date : | August 09, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 18, 2005 | | Summary | The Beautician and the Beast | Content
 | We have this as a VHS tape. Since more of the oldies are coming out on DVD media we just needed to get this one. We get a kick out of Fran, she is a trip.
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| Rating | | | Date | March 22, 2005 | | Summary | Harmless fluff, if you watch it for free | Content
| This is one of those movies that follow the age-old pattern: spunky heroine gets job as nanny/governess/teacher from handsome (and rich) but callous widower/divorcee. Heroine is a breath of fresh air in household, children are initially resistant but soon come to love their nanny/governess/teacher. Heroine and employer fall in love but some conflict causes her to run away/return home. Hero realizes that he can't live without heroine and goes and gets her and they live happily ever after. This formula has worked for everything from Jane Eyre to the Sound of Music. It is not quite successfully pulled off this time around, the main problem being that Fran Drescher is so gratingly annoying that I was seriously suprised that the Stalin-esk Boris didn't just 'disappear' her. I also didn't understand their attraction to each other (aside from the fact that Timothy Dalton cuts a VERY nice figure in uniform). In this case I have to agree with Greg Kinnear in You've Got Mail (I know, it's brought me to this):
'She fell in love with Gen. Franko?!' 'So? People do stupid things in foreign countries.' 'Sure, they buy leather jackets for WAY more than they're worth but they don't fall in love with fascist dicators!' |
| Rating | | | Date | March 13, 2005 | | Summary | I Like This Movie (It's Funny!)-- So Sue Me!! | Content
| I know that alot people probably have seen this and thought it was ridiculous or have seen it on the movie store shelf and ignored it. This is such a funny movie-- Fran Drescher is the main draw, but Timothy Dalton as the angry, dictator/president father of three is hilarious as well. There's one scene where he tells one of his advisors to "Talk to the hand." It's funny because it's a rigid Timothy Dalton doing this. And also because NO ONE does this anymore.
Drescher stars as Joy Miller, an aspiring beautician. While she's teaching a beauty class, the classroom goes up in flames because a student was smoking and caught the mannequin head on fire. Another student attempts to put the fire out by using a can of hairspray. Oops. Joy saves the animals that are in the classroom and ends up on the front page, and because she's such a dedicated "teacher," is offered a job teaching the children of the Slovetzian president, Pochenko (Dalton). Joy has several meet-cutes with this seemingly cold, brutal president, who acts more like a dictator. We come to find that he's not as rigid as we think.
It's Beauty and the Beast meets The King and I. It's not executed as well as the previously mentioned, this movie stutters through their romance (remind me why she instantly likes him so much??) and there's an unnecessary story about a "rebel" boyfriend of the president's daughter, which turns into a giant rigamaroll. Though all in all, this movie is a good laugh. Recommended!! |
| Rating | | | Date | October 21, 2004 | | Summary | Just Plain Feel Good | Content
| This is one of those movies that you walk away from feeling just plain good all over. Timothy Dalton plays a magnificient President, widowed father of 3 children, full of pride and just ready to be shown the way by our lovely cosmetology teacher played by Fran Drescher.
In the same flair as the Nanny, which Fran played an outstanding part of a Nanny, this movie takes you into the hearts of the children,Mr. President and Fran herself. Mistaken as a 'regular' teacher she is brought to another country to teach Mr. President's children. What will happen when they find out she is only a beauty teacher, the fun begins.
Lighthearted, yet not totally without some good lessons, this movie will make you laugh out loud, orrt for the good guys and say 'ah' at the end. Want to feel good? See this movie, it is a winner. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 01, 2004 | | Summary | A great actress in a Great movie. | Content
| This film was awesome! I loved "The Nanny" and still watch it today on Lifetime. Fran Drescher is one of the great actors of our time. Her unique voice and offbeat style puts her over the top. This movie would have lost all of it personality and perkiness if not for Fran Drescher. Two Thumbs up! |
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