Beautiful Creatures

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Beautiful Creatures

R

2000

1h 26m

Comedy

Drama

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60 Reviews

33%

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2,500+ Ratings

After being abused by her boyfriend, Tony (Iain Glen), Dorothy (Susan Lynch) leaves him. At a bus station, she sees Petula (Rachel Weisz) being attacked by her boyfriend, Brian (Tom Mannion), and knocks him out. The girls drag him to Petula's apartment, where he dies. Panicked, the pair fakes a kidnapping to get a ransom from Brian's psychotic brother, Ronnie (Maurice Roëves). When corrupt Inspector Hepburn (Alex Norton) is sent to investigate, he forces the women to cut him in on their scheme.

Critics Consensus

Implausible, uneven, and gratuitously violent, this esotrogen-powered crime caper lacks the finesse of Thelma and Louise or Guy Ritchie's work.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

04/12/2010

Writer and coproducer Simon Donald offers an efficient plot, and director Bill Eagles knows how to pace the actors and action while delivering it.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

04/27/2001

Emits an aura of contrived cool.

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

04/27/2001

2/4

Too much style and not enough of anything else.

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

04/04/2010

2.5/4

The well of surprise is all but parched in the post-Tarantino seriocomic crime caper genre.

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

11/19/2008

[I]ntermittently amusing, it devolves into a finale that is ultimately preposterous. Still, fans of blood-and-guts comedy will enjoy.

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Film Threat

12/06/2005

2/5

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02/20/2021

Why this got such bad reviews, I don't know. Except for the messy ending, it was quite well done: funny, witty, and terse. And I didn't think Rachel Weisz could be more beautiful, but as a blond, she's even more stunning.

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SCOTT D

08/22/2018

Excellent film!! Very entertained and well worth the watch...

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Frances H

01/18/2015

So glad I ignored both the critics and the audience ratings on this one. I thought it was utterly hilarious in a black comedy way!

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01/01/2014

Two women accident kill one of their boyfriend. They try to cover it cop with the cops by making it look like a kidnap and also try to scam the cops into getting a large amount of money for the swap. This could have been good, but it has been done before and done much better. Typical crime comedy. Probably the most remarkable thing was the dog, he was the only one I really was interested in. iain Glen is in it as a junkie boyfriend, but he doesn't play too much of a role. Weisz looks weird as a blonde.

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06/05/2013

lacks real passion while screaming below average.

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04/12/2013

I really wanted to like this. But I find it rather fake and worse, boring. The actresses are very good though, especially Susan Lynch.

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Bill Eagles

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Petula

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Dorothy

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Maurice Roëves

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Synopsis

After being abused by her boyfriend, Tony (Iain Glen), Dorothy (Susan Lynch) leaves him. At a bus station, she sees Petula (Rachel Weisz) being attacked by her boyfriend, Brian (Tom Mannion), and knocks him out. The girls drag him to Petula's apartment, where he dies. Panicked, the pair fakes a kidnapping to get a ransom from Brian's psychotic brother, Ronnie (Maurice Roëves). When corrupt Inspector Hepburn (Alex Norton) is sent to investigate, he forces the women to cut him in on their scheme.

Director: Bill Eagles
Producer: Simon Donald, Alan J. Wands
Screenwriter: Simon Donald
Distributor: Universal Focus
Production Co: Snakeman Productions, DNA Pictures International, Arts Council of England
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Sexuality|Strong Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.4K
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)