The major theme of this movie is that guys take a little bit (ok, a lot bit) longer to grow up than woman do. Some of us never grow up. This is a theme has been in different ways for many years (it would be longer if film were invented earlier. After all, as a gender we have sucked for much longer).

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So what does Beautiful Girls bring to the table that we haven't seen before in movies like High Fidelity? On the surface the answer might be "not much" but if you look a little deeper there is a bit more to see. The best example of this is the Natalie Portman character. Ok, it's a bit creepy at first but there was a reason why she was necessary. The character seemed interested in her because he seemed to think that he could kind of start over with something simpler rather than work to maintain what he has. He wasn't starting over - he was trying to maintain his status of a man that hasn't evolved yet.

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