The Beautician and the Beast (DVD)

With a ready supply of one-liners and a delightfully retro sense of fashion, Fran Drescher (TVs The Nanny) provides the who, what, when and wear of this funny and smart comedy about a ruler from a land of tyrants and kings and a hairdresser from Queens. Eager to make her way in the world, hairdresser Joy Miller (Drescher) gets her chance when she's sent to a modern once-upon-a-time land called Slovetzia to tutor the three children of gruff, widowed dictator Boris Pochenko (Timothy Dalton). Joy thinks she's been hired as a beautician. Boris thinks she's been hired as an able science teacher. Science or not, chemistry of another sort begins to work it's magic. Joys spirited openness blows the cobwebs off tradition-bound Slovetzia and her resourcefulness gives Pochenkos heart a makeover... or does it? The best way to find out is to make an appointment with The Beautician And The Beast!

Starring: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Lisa Jakub, Kyle Wilkerson, Tyler Wilkerson, Timothy Dowling, Michael Lerner, Phyllis Newman, Carmela Rappazzo, J. J. Chaback

Director: Howard W. Koch, Todd Graff

Rating: PG