Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 59
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 37
Implausible, uneven, and gratuitously violent, this esotrogen-powered crime caper lacks the finesse of Thelma and Louise or Guy Ritchie's work.
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 12
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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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 2,968
In this contemporary thriller set in Scotland, two women, Dorothy (Susan Lynch) and Petula (Rachel Weisz), bond over a dangerous encounter. Petula is being routinely beaten by her boyfriend Brian (Tom Mannion); Dorothy, after having left her unstable relationship with Tony (Iain Glen), accidentally kills Brian in a fit of rage. In desperation, the two women forge a bizarre scheme to convince Brian's older, more powerful brother Ronnie (Maurice Roeves) that Brian has been kidnapped. Their plan
Apr 6, 2001 Wide
Oct 2, 2001
Universal Focus
All Critics (70) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (37) | DVD (7)
Writer and coproducer Simon Donald offers an efficient plot, and director Bill Eagles knows how to pace the actors and action while delivering it.
Emits an aura of contrived cool.
Too much style and not enough of anything else.
The dialogue is banal and the characters are irritatingly dumb.
Tedious and unfunny.
Why should boys have all the fun in the movies?
The well of surprise is all but parched in the post-Tarantino seriocomic crime caper genre.
The main problems with Beautiful Creatures lie in execution -- the film's baser machinations come across as nothing more than indie film quirks.
More Tom and Jerry than Thelma and Louise.
a sweet, violent B-movie funfest that strays from perfection here and there, yet still leaves you with a fond feeling for killing penised bullies
A black comedy triggered with snide Guy Ritchie type of lowbrow British humor that is not as clever as it thinks it is.
2-1/2 Stars Best part of the movie is Pluto the slightly Pink dog does not Die. Low budget "Lock stock and two smoking barrels" painted on a "Thelma and Louise" canvas. Well paced and continually involving. Even if you don't like the Violence and the cliche derivative male characters you won't turn it off until the
September 11, 2010
Super Reviewer
Maybe the low reviews gave me low expectations so I found it better than expected. Some good twists and turns that keep you interested to find out who knows what and how it will come together.
June 6, 2011
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