Beautiful Creatures

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Beautiful Creatures

PG-13

2013

2h 3m

Fantasy

Romance

Drama

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In the small town of Gatlin, S.C., teenage Ethan Wate sees his static world shaken by the arrival of Lena Duchannes, the niece of town patriarch Macon Ravenwood. Immediately, Ethan feels drawn to Lena, even though destruction seems to surround her, and she has supernatural powers that are beyond her control. Worse still, a curse looms for Lena at the approach of her 16th birthday -- a time when the forces of either light or dark will claim her.

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Critics Consensus

Charming romantic leads and esteemed supporting cast aside, Beautiful Creatures is a plodding YA novel adaptation that feels watered down for the Twilight set.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/01/2017

3/5

The massive plus this gothic teen romance has over Twilight is that it's frequently funny - intentionally.

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

01/03/2014

Beautiful Creatures is like the Twilight movies but with a chaperone making sure the boys dance a foot apart from the girls.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

02/22/2013

3/5

The problem is tone. LaGravenese lets the English have their heads, while the young Americans moon and kiss and frown like they mean it.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 6

1.5/4

The exaggerated accents by a significant chunk of the cast are no more authentically Southern than the Great Wall of China.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

07/02/2021

Totally adorable fresh air

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Katie Smith-Wong

Musings of Guitargalchina

12/09/2019

3.5/5

Overall, Beautiful Creatures is a welcome change to Twilight and a film that is actually enjoyable.

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Miranda A

@Mirrebou Feb 27

Saw it when I was a teenager (shocking I know) and it was very good.

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VITALII H

@freakynickison Feb 14

Nah, I didn’t like it. So much potential but failed to deliver and make an impact. Between the main characters (Ethan and Lena) there’s no chemistry whatsoever, their dialogues are cringy, awkward and forced, it just felt ingenuine. CGI was too performative and fake which sometimes can work if properly directed, that’s not the case here unfortunately. No wonder why this movie got lost in 2013s archives and no one talks about it. I saw no other "casters" except for Duchannes family members and the whole project simply wasn’t executed well due to the lack of investment. Although Viola Davis and Emma Thompson couldn’t save this movie, they were the highlights and the main reason why I gave it a chance.

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Matthew S

@stumpmtsr Dec 22

Forbidden love is a tale that transcends the love between Pyramus & Thisbe, Abelard & Héloïse, Romeo & Juliet, Guinevere & Lancelot and even Edward and Bella. Beautiful Creatures is one of those stories that tells of two young people who are meant to be together but forces outside of their control try to keep them a part. A story of love and sacrifice told in It's own unique way. It takes the "forbidden love" template and twists it by making the boy the mortal, the girl the supernatural threat, and the stakes are not about society’s disapproval but about destiny. The romance doesn't cause the conflict it collides with the supernatural happenings already at play. Unlike Twilight, there is some personality and laughs throughout this movie. The love between Ethan and Lena is undeniable, where you find yourself rooting for them. This movie captures the true essence of forbidden love and how it's worth fighting for.

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Tauhid E

@RT41621543 Oct 24

did they have to say they are reincarnated lovers? this just takes out of stakes.

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Korra N

@RT88131552 Jul 7

It's neither a great adaptation nor a great movie, but it is mostly entertaining & fairly well-made.

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Daniel G

@DanielGodoy 06/08/2024

The dynamics of this totally ludricous movie about modern-day witches in the South of the US were the highlight of this movie and there was good chemistry between the romantic leads.

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Synopsis

In the small town of Gatlin, S.C., teenage Ethan Wate sees his static world shaken by the arrival of Lena Duchannes, the niece of town patriarch Macon Ravenwood. Immediately, Ethan feels drawn to Lena, even though destruction seems to surround her, and she has supernatural powers that are beyond her control. Worse still, a curse looms for Lena at the approach of her 16th birthday -- a time when the forces of either light or dark will claim her.

Director: Richard LaGravenese
Producer: Erwin Stoff, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Molly Smith, David Valdes
Screenwriter: Richard LaGravenese
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Belle Pictures, Alcon Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Material|Scary Images|Violence)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 15, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.4M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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