Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Plot  





2 Cast  





3 Reception  





4 References  





5 External links  














Beautiful Creatures (2000 film)






Cymraeg
Deutsch
Español
فارسی
Français
Magyar
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Beautiful Creatures
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBill Eagles
Written bySimon Donald
Produced bySimon Donald
StarringRachel Weisz
Susan Lynch
Iain Glen
Maurice Roëves
Tom Mannion
Alex Norton
CinematographyJames Welland
Edited byJon Gregory
David Head
Music byMurray Gold

Production
company

DNA Films

Distributed byUniversal Pictures International (through United International Pictures[1])

Release date

  • 23 August 2000 (2000-08-23) (EIFF)

Running time

86 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
German

Beautiful Creatures is a 2000 British crime film directed by Bill Eagles and starring Susan Lynch and Rachel Weisz.[2] Lynch received a British Independent Film Award nomination for her role.

Plot

[edit]

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

[edit]

Reception

[edit]

OnRotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 38% based on reviews from 60 critics.[3]OnMetacritic it has a score of 40% based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]

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."[5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Beautiful Creatures (1999)". BBFC. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  • ^ "Beautiful Creatures (2000)". MRQE. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  • ^ "Beautiful Creatures (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  • ^ "Beautiful Creatures". Metacritic.
  • ^ Ebert, Roger (20 April 2001). "Beautiful Creatures movie review (2001)". Chicago Sun-Times.
  • [edit]
  • t
  • e

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beautiful_Creatures_(2000_film)&oldid=1229744973"

    Categories: 
    2000 films
    2000 crime comedy films
    2000s English-language films
    2000s German-language films
    British crime comedy-drama films
    DNA Films films
    2000 directorial debut films
    Films directed by Bill Eagles
    2000s British films
    2000 crime drama films
    Films scored by Murray Gold
    2000s crime film stubs
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    Use dmy dates from June 2016
    Use British English from June 2016
    Articles needing additional references from January 2011
    All articles needing additional references
    Template film date with 1 release date
    All stub articles
     



    This page was last edited on 18 June 2024, at 14:15 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki