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  • 2001
  • R
  • Universal Focus
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Universal Focus
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary In this witty and daringly original contemporary thriller set in Glasgow, Scotland, Dorothy (Lynch) and Petula (Weisz) are two women brought together by extraordinary circumstances with only one thing in common -- they both have rotten taste in men. (Universal Focus)

Directed By: Bill Eagles

Written By: Simon Donald

  • 2001
  • R
  • Universal Focus
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Universal Focus
  • 1 h 26 m

Beautiful Creatures

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Summary In this witty and daringly original contemporary thriller set in Glasgow, Scotland, Dorothy (Lynch) and Petula (Weisz) are two women brought together by extraordinary circumstances with only one thing in common -- they both have rotten taste in men. (Universal Focus)

Directed By: Bill Eagles

Written By: Simon Donald

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Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Wonderfully empowering to watch Petula and Dorothy turn the tables on their testosterone-crazed tormentors.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
63
Moves at a swift clip with pungent performances.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
50
Cold and stylish, slick and violent.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
40
The only constant is the violence, which assaults rather than amuses.
By Larry Terenzi FULL REVIEW
38
There is some dark humor in the movie, of the kind where you laugh that you may not gag.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
20
Plays like a movie where the script went missing on the third day of shooting.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
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Could it get any worse?
By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Arts Council of England, DNA Films, DNA Pictures International, Snakeman Productions
Release Date Apr 6, 2001
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating R
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Tagline Dorothy & Petula Have A Body To Die For
Website http://www.beautiful-creatures.com/
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Awards

British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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