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Heavenly Creatures

1994

Peter Jackson

Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent ...

6.9

10,943

Drama. Fantasy. Romance. Thriller Two girls have an intense fantasy life; their parents, concerned the fantasy is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Enthralling and frightening (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A startling and haunting film"	POS
United States	Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"Jackson has called 'Creatures' a 'murder story about love, a murder story with no villains.' His generous approach makes it an unforgettable experience."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"The skill to make us feel sensations as intensely as its protagonists, is what makes “Creatures” memorable."	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Stylish and eerily compelling before it overplays its campy excesses, 'Heavenly Creatures' does have a feverish intensity to recommend it."	POS
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Empire	"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)"	POS
United States	David Rooney Variety	"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"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"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"	POS

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