Beautiful Creatures

2000, Comedy/Drama, 1h 26m

60 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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

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Movie Info

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.

Rating:

R (Language|Drug Use|Sexuality|Strong Violence)
Genre:

Comedy, Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Bill Eagles
Producer:

Simon Donald, Alan J. Wands
Writer:

Simon Donald
Release Date (Theaters):

Aug 23, 2000 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 28, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA):

$55.4K
Runtime:

1h 26m
Distributor:

Universal Focus
Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Rachel Weisz
Petula

Susan Lynch
Dorothy

Alex Norton
Hepburn

Iain Glen
Tony

Maurice Roëves
Ronnie McMinn

Tom Mannion
Brian McMinn

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Critic Reviews for Beautiful Creatures

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Audience Reviews for Beautiful Creatures

Sep 15, 2010

fun, gritty brit flick

Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
Sep 11, 2010

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)

Bill C Super Reviewer
Oct 26, 2006

Chick-flick with a twist. Nice to see a British Gangster movie give some focus on the female roles for a change.

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