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About this movie

Genres:
Crime, Drama
Language:
English
Running time:
1:48:52
Partner rating:
R
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Kate Winslet Juliet Hulme
  2. Melanie Lynskey Pauline Parker
  3. Sarah Peirse Honora Parker
  4. Diana Kent Hilda Hulme
  5. Clive Merrison Henry Hulme
  6. Simon O'Connor Herbert Rieper
  7. Elizabeth Moody Miss Waller
  8. Peter Jackson Bum outside theater
  9. Ray Henwood Professor
  10. Liz Mullane Mrs Collins

Directors

  1. Peter Jackson

Producers

  1. Jim Booth
  2. Peter Jackson

Writers

  1. Peter Jackson
  2. Fran Walsh

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Heavenly Creatures

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After winning a cult following for several offbeat and darkly witty gore films, New Zealand director Peter Jackson abruptly shifted gears with this stylish, compelling, and ultimately disturbing tale of two teenage girls whose friendship begins to fuel an ultimately fatal obsession. Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) is a student in New Zealand who doesn't much care for her family or her classmates; she's a bit overweight and not especially gracious, b... After winning a cult following for several offbeat and darkly witty gore films, New Zealand director Peter Jackson abruptly shifted gears with this stylish, compelling, and ultimately disturbing tale of two teenage girls whose friendship begins to fuel an ultimately fatal obsession. Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) is a student in New Zealand who doesn't much care for her family or her classmates; she's a bit overweight and not especially gracious, but she quickly makes friends with Juliet (Kate Winslet), a pretty girl whose wealthy parents have relocated from England. Pauline and Juliet find they share the same tastes in art, literature, and music (especially the vocal stylings of Mario Lanza), and together they begin to construct an elaborate fantasy world named Borovnia, which exists first in stories and then in models made of clay. The more Pauline and Juliet dream of Borovnia, the more the two find themselves retreating into this fantastical world of art, adventure, and Gothic romance as they slowly drift away from reality. The girls' parents decide that perhaps they're spending too much time together, and try to bring them back into the real world, but this only feeds their continued obsession with Borovnia (and each other) and leads to a desperate and violent bid for freedom. Featuring excellent performances (especially by Kate Winslet) and imaginative production design and special effects, Heavenly Creatures skillfully allows the audience to see Pauline and Juliet both from their own fantastic perspective and how they seem to the rest of the world. Remarkably enough, Heavenly Creatures is based on a true story; in real life, Juliet grew up to become mystery novelist Anne Perry.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

94%Tomatometer score: 94% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly Lynskey and Winslet are extraordinary actresses. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    David Rooney, Variety Combines original vision, a drop-dead command of the medium and a successful marriage between a dazzling, kinetic techno-show and a complex, credible portrait of the out-of-control relationship... Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader Unlike the campy excess of Jackson's earlier Dead Alive, deliberate overkill ltimately points toward a dearth of ideas rather than a surfeit. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Geoff Andrew, Time Out Acted with conviction, and directed and written with febrile vibrancy. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Janet Maslin, New York Times Stylish and eerily compelling before it overplays its campy excesses, Heavenly Creatures does have a feverish intensity to recommend it. Full review External link

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