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The Beautician and the Beast

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The Beautician and the Beast (1997)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:2

Rotten:14

Average Rating:4.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: As the result of some seriously botched communication, an over-the-top hairdresser from Queens (Fran Drescher) gets sent to a fictional eastern bloc country as a science tutor for the children of a... As the result of some seriously botched communication, an over-the-top hairdresser from Queens (Fran Drescher) gets sent to a fictional eastern bloc country as a science tutor for the children of a dour, widowed dictator (Timothy Dalton). Though she doesn't know anything about science, her charming, flamboyant manner teaches her students' father a thing or two about loosening up--and falling in love. [More]

Starring: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Lisa Jakub, Ian McNeice

Starring: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Lisa Jakub, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Bill Brown

Director: Ken Kwapis

Director: Ken Kwapis
Producer: Howard W. "Hawk" Koch, Todd Graff
Composer: Cliff Eidelman
Screenwriter: Todd Graff

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As hokey and banal as a sitcom, with predictable culture-clash gags and fairly flat one-liners.

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A charming surprise

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Standard feature-length sitcom material. For Drescher fans only.

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