Beautiful Joe (film)

It stars Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly, with supporting roles by Ian Holm, Dann Florek, and Gil Bellows.

Joe goes home early, catching his wife in bed with another man, and she declares she wants a divorce as he is too boring.

A bit of good fortune appears on Joe's horizon when he wins a 15,000 jackpot at the race track.

However Hush, a stripper, sees his big payout and tries to steal Joe's newly won fortune to pay them off.

The next morning, Joe meets Hush's son and daughter Lee and Vivian, and gets some things from the supermarket to make them breakfast.

When the gangsters discover that Joe is a florist and not a career criminal, they find the situation less than amusing.

Holding Hush and the kids hostage, the Geek and his thugs leave but her ex Elton stays.

On the road, they stop for horseback riding, and Joe falls down for a moment from a severe headache.

Reaching Vegas, Joe spends time with the kids, while Alice loses the money he gave her.

[7] In August 1999, Stone's husband, Phil Bronstein, had a heart attack and she returned to San Francisco to be with him.

Stone returned to the film set a week after Bronstein's heart attack and angioplasty.

[13] In the United States, the film premiered on the Cinemax cable network on November 19, 2000,[14][15] and was released on VHS and DVD on May 22, 2001.

"[18] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregated score of 60% based on 3 positive and 2 negative reviews.