Beautiful Creatures
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German title | Beautiful Creatures |
Original title | Beautiful Creatures |
Country of production | Great Britain |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2000 |
length | 86 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 18 |
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Director | Bill Eagles |
script | Simon Donald |
production | Simon Donald, Alan J. Wands |
music | Murray Gold |
camera | James Welland |
cut |
Jon Gregory , David Head |
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Beautiful Creatures is a British thriller by Bill Eagles from the year 2000 . The main roles were played by Susan Lynch and Rachel Weisz .
action
Dorothy lives in Glasgow . At the beginning of the film, she argues with her friend Tony on a train. Dorothy flees from him, on the way she sees Brian McMinn beating his girlfriend Petula. Dorothy tries to help the woman and knocks Brian out.
The women take Brian to Dorothy's apartment, where he trips in the bathroom, falls miserably and dies. To cover up the traces, they fake Brian's kidnapping. Dorothy's dog bites off a few fingers from Brian's corpse, one finger is added to the ransom note.
The corrupt police officer Hepburn wants to keep part of the ransom for himself, he finds out that Brian's finger has been severed from a dead body. Hepburn also advertises Petula, who he says is his dream woman. Ronnie McMinn pays the ransom and demands that Hepburn get an opportunity to take revenge for his brother's kidnapping.
When the ransom is about to be handed over, Dorothy sends her dog with bags that Petula fills. Hepburn chains them to the wall with handcuffs and chases the dog. Dorothy's friend, Hepburn and Ronnie McMinn meet at Dorothy's apartment. The men shoot each other.
Dorothy and Petula find the remainder of the ransom in Hepburn's car. They drive off together on a train.
Reviews
Lisa Schwarzbaum described the film in Entertainment Weekly on 4 May 2001 as an over stylized pseudo Thriller ( over styled pseudo-thriller ). She wrote that there was no such erotic tension as between Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly in the film Bound .
Awards
Susan Lynch was nominated for a British Independent Film Award in 2001.
Web links
- Beautiful Creatures in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Beautiful Creatures at Metacritic (English)
- Beautiful Creatures at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Beautiful Creatures at www.popmatters.com (English)