Beautiful Creatures

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Beautiful Creatures

R

Released Aug 23, 2000

1h 26m

Comedy

Drama

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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.

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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

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

Apr 12, 2010

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Emits an aura of contrived cool.

Apr 27, 2001

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

Too much style and not enough of anything else.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 27, 2001

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

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

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 4, 2010

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

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

Nov 19, 2008

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Film Threat

Rated: 2/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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scott d

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Frances H

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!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/15

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

lacks real passion while screaming below average.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Bill Eagles

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Petula

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Dorothy

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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)

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