The Beautician and the Beast

1997

Action / Comedy / Romance

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 9939 9.9K

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Plot summary

A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.


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Fran Drescher as Joy Miller
Timothy Dalton as Boris Pochenko
Lisa Jakub as Katrina Pochenko
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Uriah43 7 / 10

Witty and Refreshing

After looking at some of the scores people gave this movie I honestly didn't think it would amount to much. However, after actually watching it I found it to be surprisingly good. Fran Drescher plays "Joy Miller" who is a beautician in New York City. Timothy Dalton is "Boris Pochenko", a brutal tyrant of a small Eastern European country (Slovetzia) who has mistakenly hired Joy to teach his four children. His Prime Minister, "Leonid Kleist" (played by Patrick Malahide), insures that Boris rules with an iron fist. Joy arrives and becomes instrumental in introducing much needed change. More importantly though, she changes Boris for the better as well. Now, while this plot is extremely predictable, the comedy is anything but that as there are many surprises written into the script that are simply hilarious and I think the writer (Todd Graff) deserves a lot of credit for this. Likewise, even though Fran Drescher was nominated for a "Razzie Award" for her performance, I can honestly say that it was totally undeserved. I found her performance to be both witty and refreshing. I also liked the way she and Timothy Dalton worked so well together. The "massage scene" in particular was especially amusing. In closing, I thought this was a thoroughly enjoyable movie and well worth the time spent.

Reviewed by vac71684 10 / 10

Very Cute!

I think that this was a really adorable movie. Perfect for one of those rainy, there's nothing to do days. I think that Fran Drescher was really lovable in this movie and Timothy Dalton, for once, seemed to take on a somewhat light-hearted role.

Reviewed by mark.waltz 3 / 10

No matter how you slice it, she's still "The Nanny".

A half hour sitcom stretched out to over 90 minutes repeats many of its stories even though the characters and most of the cast are different. For six years, Fran Drescher made some people cringe but many laugh with her deliciously nasal accent as Fran Fine, the hairdresser who turned to selling beauty products and ended up becoming the nanny to the three children of a successful and dashing widowed Broadway producer. Charles Shaugnessy was always charming and commanding as the somewhat stuffy Maxwell Sheffield, but in his place here, we have Timothy Dalton as the widowed dictator like president of a tiny Russian like country who has four children who are in desperate need of help since their father tends to neglect them. There is a Niles like assistant who becomes Fran's confidante, a male version of the C.C. Babcock character, and a variety of Jewish character actors playing Fran's family and neighbors.

There's also the gay sensibility, a show queen like atmosphere that has Fran bringing up "West Side Story" to her four charges, posing like Eva Peron out on the president's palace balcony (to major cheers) and obvious connections to "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music". In her beauty school class, a stereotypical gay man makes flip comments and a pass at the black fireman who rescues Fran when his mistake in class causes her school to burn down. For some reason, there are lab rats, raccoons and snakes, a visual gag that makes no sense. Veteran actors Michael Lerner and Phyllis Newman play Fran's parents, with Newman obviously playing a variation of Sylvia Fine, even more clinging to her daughter with the presence of her umbilical cord in Newman's purse!

Certainly, there are some amusing moments, but I'm sure reviews of this pointing out the gay sensibilities turned some viewers off, especially some gay men who found the stereotypes too over the top. A massage scene with Drescher and Dalton is very similar to a gag on "The Nanny" when Fran, posing as a nurse, had to "shave" Mr. Sheffield. Here, Dalton confuses her with the male masseuse and demands a buttocks massage that shows Fran both horrified and turned on. This shows little trust by the writers in giving Fran a different identity and set-up, with the oldest daughter in the film far too close to "The Nanny's" Maggie, and an insecure younger daughter dealing with weight issues just like Gracie dealt with other psychological issues on "The Nanny". Dalton's character lacks the subtle charms of Shaugnessy, coming off brutal in scenes that are straight out of Mrs. Anna's declaration to Yul Brynnur's king that he was indeed a barbarian. The only thing this is missing is an abbey full of nuns who help Drescher and Dalton escape from obvious traitors who want to oust Dalton and take over the country.

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