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The Beautician and the Beast (1997)
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Beauty-school teacher Fran Drescher, basically reprising her television role in The Nanny, is whisked out of Queens and deposited in Eastern Europe after she is mistaken for a science teacher. Timothy Dalton is the gruff and stilted president for life she tames with mousse and kindness. Drescher, with that inimitable voice and colorful clothing, is very funny. It is not a far stretch to compare her favorably with Lucille Ball. The script, however, matches her bubbly humor with nothing but clunkiness. A mild diversion, this is one of many Hollywood comedies that works just fine on video. --Rochelle O'Gorman (read more)
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| The Beautician and the Beast Movie Review by Jamie (7/16/2007) |
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It's a two hour version of The Nanny set in a fictitious foreign country with a little non-violent proletariat uprising thrown in so as not to seem completely without a plot. "A mild diversion" is about right. Don't put it on your netflix list, but if it is on some night at 3 in the morning when you can't sleep, there are...
(complete The Beautician and the Beast review by Jamie)
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