Beautiful People
- Director: Gareth Carrivick; David Kerr
- Writer: Jonathan Harvey
- Producer: Justin Davies; Jon Plowman
CGiii Comment
Ooops...it didn't quite make the impression that it intended.
It's like being smacked in the face with a big, fluffy, faux-fur hammer...
With some hefty pruning - this could have been an exceptional little series. Simon and Kylie do an excellent job...
The supporting cast lets this whole thing down - the ridiculous hairdresser (a character brought back from the dead) is beyond contempt...and talent - a lamentable and irritating performance. The blind aunt...well, that wasn't very good either - apart from some biting one-liners.
The clichés and stereotypes are unapologetic and relentless. If you can tolerate these characterisations there are a few hysterically funny moments to be had...but, they are too few and too far apart to make this anything but a flimsy, instantly forgettable, camp extravaganza.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Simon Doonan and his best friend Kyle, better known as Kylie dream of living in London with the "beautiful people". Here and now (the 90s), Simon lives with his wacky family: the gin drinking mother, blind ex-druggie hippie aunt, slutty sister, Irish wine-experimental father and briefly, his angel-turned-devil grandmother. The series includes musical sequences, football and a barrel of laughs.
Cast & Characters
Luke Ward-Wilkinson as Simon Doonan;
Aidan McArdle as Andy Doonan;
Samuel Barnett as Narrator;
Layton Williams as Kylie;
Olivia Colman as Debbie Doonan;
Sophie Ash as Ashlene Doonan;
Meera Syal as Aunty Hayley;
Sarah Niles as Reba;
Tameka Empson as Johoyo;
Gary Amers as Sacha