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Beautiful Creatures (2001)

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37

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.

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 8 | 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
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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

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Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Simon Donald

Oct 2, 2001

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All Critics (72) | Top Critics (21) | 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.

April 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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Emits an aura of contrived cool.

April 27, 2001
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Too much style and not enough of anything else.

April 27, 2001
Boston Globe
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The dialogue is banal and the characters are irritatingly dumb.

April 24, 2001 Full Review Source: ReelViews
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Tedious and unfunny.

April 23, 2001 Full Review Source: Newsday
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Why should boys have all the fun in the movies?

April 20, 2001 Full Review Source: Washington Post
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The well of surprise is all but parched in the post-Tarantino seriocomic crime caper genre.

April 4, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

The main problems with Beautiful Creatures lie in execution -- the film's baser machinations come across as nothing more than indie film quirks.

February 17, 2003 Full Review Source: Entertainment Today
Entertainment Today

More Tom and Jerry than Thelma and Louise.

January 30, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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

November 17, 2002 Full Review
Bay Area Reporter

A black comedy triggered with snide Guy Ritchie type of lowbrow British humor that is not as clever as it thinks it is.

December 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Audience Reviews for Beautiful Creatures

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 end. Rachel Weisz character "Pentula" is trapped in a violent relationship with the brother of a mobster. Her character of a blonde ditz is so poorly developed, its hard to feel anything for her. Susan Lynch is much more dynamic of a character as Dorothy, the brains of the operation. The movie really turns into flat cliche when her heroine junky boyfriend shows up and shoots her dog. (But he's OK in the end)
September 11, 2010
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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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