Some Kind of Beautiful


Some Kind of Beautiful is a 2014 American romantic comedy film written by Matthew Newman, directed by Tom Vaughan, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek. It was produced by Kevin Frakes and Richard Lewis.

Plot

By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor in the UK. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. So when Kate, Richard's stunning, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant, Richard is shocked. Putting his wandering eye behind him, he marries her and agrees to move to Los Angeles to start their family. It doesn't take long for Richard to realize that his past is hard to escape, as is the toll his strained relationship with his dysfunctional father has had on him. Meanwhile, Kate tells Richard that she has developed feelings for someone else. They separate and Richard is not free to move on with Kate's sister Olivia, with whom he has been in love with since before he married Kate.
Olivia and Richard start dating soon after.

Cast

, Pierce Brosnan and Kristin Scott Thomas were the first to be cast in May. Thomas later dropped out and was replaced by Salma Hayek. Ben McKenzie joined the cast on October 17.

Filming

The film was shot for 25 days, production started filming in Los Angeles on October 14, 2013 and ended on November 9, 2013.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the AFM on November 6, 2014. The film was released in Denmark on June 4, 2015. The film was released on DirecTV on July 23, 2015, prior to being released in a limited release and through video on demand on August 21, 2015.

Reception

The film received negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 6% rating based on 34 reviews, while Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 11% based on reviews from 9 critics.