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      • Initially, neither boy has fully accepted his sexuality, and Beautiful Thing is a delicate exploration of the often-painful process of coming out that evolves into a gay romance.
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  2. Jun 22, 2016 · Beautiful Thing Is a Masterpiece of Gay Storytelling. The 1996 British film portrayed its working-class LGBT characters with remarkable sensitivity and nuance. By Brandon Tensley. Sony...

  3. Plot. The story is set and filmed in Thamesmead, a working-class area of South East London dominated by post-war council estates, [3][4] with a key scene in a gay pub filmed at the Greenwich Tavern in nearby Greenwich. [5][6] Jamie (Glen Berry) is a teenager who is in love with his classmate, Ste (Scott Neal).

  4. Apr 25, 2018 · The odd-duckness of a working-class gay love story with a happy ending was not lost on Beautiful Thing’s writer, Jonathan Harvey, who adapted his own play for the screen. Harvey, who grew up in a concrete, low-income housing estate in Liverpool, felt like he had never seen his own experience on screen or stage.

  5. Shy Jamie (Glen Berry) and athletic Ste (Scott Neal) are teen boys who live near each other in the London projects. Both boys think they could be gay, and finally explore their feelings when...

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  6. Nov 15, 1996 · “Beautiful Thing” tells the story of two teenage boys, neighbors in a London high-rise housing project, who gradually become aware that they are homosexual. But a funny thing happens: the most interesting scenes involve the characters around them, who all but steal the movie.

  7. Jun 1, 2024 · Praised for its authenticity not just of gay romance but also of young love, Beautiful Thing became a defining indie film of the 1990s.

  8. Sep 25, 2023 · Beautiful Thing review: One of the funniest, most uplifting and wonderfully optimistic queer love stories ever. Jonathan Harvey's masterpiece gets a fresh new take through a queer black lens. By Simon Button. Raphael Akuwudike (Ste) and Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran (Jamie) in Beautiful Thing (Image: The Other Richard)