Heavenly Creatures

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Original title: Heavenly Creatures
Year: 1994
Running time: 99 min.
Country: New Zealand
Director: Peter Jackson
Screenwriter: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
Music: Peter Dasent
Cinematography: Alun Bollinger
Cast: Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliot, Gilbert Goldie
Producer: Co-production New Zealand-United States-Germany;
Miramax, Wingnut Films, New Zealand Film Commission
Genre: Drama. Fantasy. Romance. Thriller | Friendship. Based On A True Story. Gay & Lesbian
Synopsis: Two girls have an intense fantasy life; their parents, concerned the fantasy is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.

Rankings Position

#10 Best New Zealand Movies

Awards: 1994: Nominated for Oscar: Best Original Screenplay

1994: Venice Film Festival: Silver Lion

1995: Academia of Cinema neozelandesa: 10 Awards

1994: Festival Toronto: Best Director (Peter Jackson)

1994: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

1994: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Film

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1994: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Best Foreign Language Film

Critics' reviews

"Enthralling and frightening (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"A startling and haunting film"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Jackson has called 'Creatures' a 'murder story about love, a murder story with no villains.' His generous approach makes it an unforgettable experience."

Edward Guthmann: SFGATE
"The skill to make us feel sensations as intensely as its protagonists, is what makes “Creatures” memorable."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Stylish and eerily compelling before it overplays its campy excesses, 'Heavenly Creatures' does have a feverish intensity to recommend it."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"It 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"

David Rooney: Variety
"You have to adore a movie in which one of the characters refers to Orson Welles as "It. (...)Though the film's subject is sensationalistic in the extreme, Jackson's style is poetic"

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post
"While most true murder stories are relegated to movie of the week fodder, this never wastes a moment in justifying its big screen presence (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Olly Richards: Empire

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20 My Favorite Australian/New Zealand Movies (28)

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