The Beautician and the Beast

1997

Action / Comedy / Romance

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 10470 10.5K

parent child relationship culture clash dictator eastern europe education dictatorship

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.

Director

Ken Kwapis Photo
Ken Kwapis

Top cast

Ed Cambridge Photo
Ed Cambridge as Elderly Man
Timothy Dalton Photo
Timothy Dalton as Boris Pochenko
Michael Horton Photo
Michael Horton as Fairytale Prince
Fran Drescher Photo
Fran Drescher as Joy Miller
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984.96 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.98 GB
1904*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Laakbaar 7 / 10

The Nanny goes to Slovetzia

Hey, like many people, I happen to like "The Nanny". I also like Fran Dresscher in "The Nanny". (I don't think I need to explain this any further. A lot of people like this show.) Once in a while I like to watch light, fun, mindless movies. I suppose this all pretty well explains why I enjoyed "The Beautician and the Beast".Fran plays almost the same familiar role, except instead of Mr Sheffield we have President-for-Life Pochenko of Slovetzia (Tim Dalton). He's an old school dictator and a disciplinarian as a father; however, she eventually captures his heart and gets him to change his ways. His oppressed children love her, of course. Think of Maria and Capt von Trapp. None of it is realistic, but that's part of the movie's charm. It has the same kind of humour as the television show, plus a good deal of gentle ribbing of Slavic countries and dictatorships. I watched the film on TV in Croatia, so I don't think they mind.I see this movie is rated rather poorly here on IMDb.com. It also didn't do well at the box office. Don't let this influence your decision to watch it. If you like "The Nanny", you'll enjoy this movie too.
Reviewed by gwnightscream 5 / 10

"Entertaining Romance Comedy!"

Fran Drescher and Timothy Dalton star in this 1997 romance comedy. A beautician finds romance with a Dictator while she helps him and his children. Joy Miller (Drescher) is a beautician from New York who is soon hired to help an Eastern European Dictator, Boris Pochenko (Dalton) with his children. She teaches them history and such, but also helps Boris become a nicer leader. Joy and Boris start getting close with each other and he learns that she's a beautician. When Joy starts meddling into his business affairs, they drift apart, but eventually find their way back to each other. I've always liked this film and Fran and Timothy have good chemistry. I recommend this entertaining film.
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