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Beautiful Creatures (2000 film)

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Wikipedia article




'Beautiful Creatures' is a 2000 British crime film directed by Bill Eagles and starring Susan Lynch and Rachel Weisz. Lynch received a British Independent Film Award nomination for her role.

Plot



Two women with bad taste in men are thrown together when one accidentally kills the other's boyfriend when attempting to stop a public beating. They attempt to rob the dead man's wealthy brother with a ransom scam, but when a corrupt detective gets involved things go awry.

Cast



* Rachel Weisz as Petula

* Susan Lynch as Dorothy

* Iain Glen as Tony

* Tom Mannion as Brian McMinn

* Maurice Roves as Ronnie McMinn

* Alex Norton as Detective Inspector Hepburn

* Jake D'Arcy as Train Guard

* Juliet Cadzow as Mother on Beach

Reception



On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 38% based on reviews from 60 critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 40% based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Roger Ebert of the 'Chicago Sun-Times' gave the film 1.5 out of 4 and wrote: "There is some dark humor in the movie, of the kind where you laugh that you may not gag."

References




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