Beautiful Disaster (2023)
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Bad-boy Travis is exactly what college freshman Abby needs and wants to avoid. He spends his nights fighting in underground boxing matches, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. But Abby wants nothing to do with Travis. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance, Travis offers her a simple bet: if he loses his next fight, he must remain sex-free for a month. If he wins, Abby must live in his apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that Abby’s dark past is about to emerge, and he may have finally met his match.
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... Travis Maddox
... Abby Abernathy
... Shepley Maddox
... America Mason
... Benny
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I fully expected to hate this - but, well, I didn't. "Abby" (Virginia Gardner) is fed up picking up the pieces for her gambler father so heads to college in California. First night there, she and her pal "America" (Libe Barer) head off to a student equivalent of "Fight Club" where she meets the bare knuckle champion "Travis" (Dylan Sprouse). Replete with some of his latest victim's blood on her top, she feigns a loathing for the man but... Shortly afterwards, their dorm water supply runs dry and she has to move in with her friend. Guess what? Yep, one of her new roomies is none other than the mischievous pugilist. There now follows a rather contrived - and frankly ridiculous - bet that sees her end up sharing his bed for a month, Will they, won't they? That doesn't matter - this film isn't about jeopardy. It's about pretty people having a bit of a laugh and hoping some of that rubs off on us. I found there to a bit of chemistry between the two, "Travis" is actually quite charismatic and the humour is marginally more sophisticated than we would find in, say, the interminable "After..." series of teen melodramas. It's trying to do grown up, and it makes a half-decent fist of it. The last twenty minutes are particularly daft though - and did rather ruin the thing. It certainly does not need a cinema viewing (even though there were certainly 50+ people at the screening I attended) - but even if it is too long, it's still an OK watch.
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Release Date:
2023-04-04
Run Time:
96 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
Beautiful Disaster
I fully expected to hate this - but, well, I didn't. "Abby" (Virginia Gardner) is fed up picking up the pieces for her gambler father so heads to college in California. First night there, she and her pal "America" (Libe Barer) head off to a student equivalent of "Fight Club" where she meets the bare knuckle champion "Travis" (Dylan Sprouse). Replete with some of his latest victim's blood on her top, she feigns a loathing for the man but... Shortly afterwards, their dorm water supply runs dry and she has to move in with her friend. Guess what? Yep, one of her new roomies is none other than the mischievous pugilist. There now follows a rather contrived - and frankly ridiculous - bet that sees her end up sharing his bed for a month, Will they, won't they? That doesn't matter - this film isn't about jeopardy. It's about pretty people having a bit of a laugh and hoping some of that rubs off on us. I found there to a bit of chemistry between the two, "Travis" is actually quite charismatic and the humour is marginally more sophisticated than we would find in, say, the interminable "After..." series of teen melodramas. It's trying to do grown up, and it makes a half-decent fist of it. The last twenty minutes are particularly daft though - and did rather ruin the thing. It certainly does not need a cinema viewing (even though there were certainly 50+ people at the screening I attended) - but even if it is too long, it's still an OK watch.
Cast & Crew of
Beautiful Disaster
Cast
... Travis Maddox
... Abby Abernathy
... Shepley Maddox
... America Mason
... Benny
... Mick Abernathy
... Professor Felder
... Jesse Viveros
... Bursa
... Trenton Maddox
... Tyler Maddox
... Parker Hayes
... Thomas Maddox
... Taylor Maddox
... Jim Maddox
... Woman Fighter #2
... Adam
... Chernobyl
... Beau
... Yates
... Vince
... Brady Hoffman
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Crew
... Director
... Producer
... Writer
... Producer
... First Assistant Director
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Executive Producer
... Stunt Coordinator
... Fight Choreographer
... Producer
... Editor
... Casting Director
... Producer
... Foley Mixer
... Sound Supervisor
... Costume Design
... Script Supervisor
... Key Makeup Artist
... Sound Effects Editor
... Stunts
... Set Decoration
... Extras Casting
... Second Assistant "C" Camera
... Makeup Artist
... Gaffer
... Props
... Executive Producer
... Music Editor
... Music Supervisor
... Director of Photography
... Set Dresser
... First Assistant Director
... Producer
... Co-Producer
... Special Effects Supervisor
... Boom Operator
... Boom Operator
... Digital Intermediate Colorist
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Sound Mixer
... Casting Assistant
... Third Assistant Director
... Compositing Supervisor
... Stunts
... ADR Mixer
... Unit Production Manager
... Music
... Carpenter
... "B" Camera Operator
... Second Unit Director of Photography
... First Assistant "B" Camera
... Line Producer
... First Assistant Camera
... Line Producer
... Storyboard Artist
... Second Assistant Director
... Assistant Editor
... Casting Associate
... Second Assistant "A" Camera
... Digital Intermediate Producer
... Production Design
... Assistant Editor
... Co-Producer
... Second Assistant "B" Camera
... Dialogue Editor
... Visual Effects
... Executive Producer
... Book
... Third Assistant Director
... Foley
... Graphic Designer
... ADR Mixer
... Special Effects Technician
... Digital Compositor
... Digital Compositor
... Stunts
... Stunt Driver
... Electrician
... Video Report
... Set Costumer
