A Beautiful Life (2009)
About this movie
- Synopsis
- Maggie (Angela Sarafyan) is a teenage runaway fleeing her family; David (Jesse Garcia) is a teenage illegal immigrant in search of his. When their paths cross, both are alone in the City of Angels; a place where some come to dream and others to hide....
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- Director(s)
- Alejandro Chomski
- Distributor(s)
- New Films International
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 81 min.
Critic Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle | Walter AddiegoAdd Critic to Favorites
The bad news is that the characters and situations are platitudes and the story is so heavy-handed that the film is hard to sit through.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Gary GoldsteinAdd Critic to Favorites
The whole thing plays like a bad Equity-waiver one-act.Read the full review
Variety | Andrew BarkerAdd Critic to Favorites
A waste of a talented, earnest cast, this borderline offensive indie, set for an Oct. 2 limited release, shouldn't take up too much valuable theater space before fading away.Read the full review
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