
Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme met in school during the 1950s. Instant best friends, they proceeded to spend every minute possible together, often writing about a fantasy land of their own invention. More and more estranged from their respective families, the two girls realise that they are extremely different from most other people, and agree to take any steps necessary to ensure that they are not seperated. The two families are increasingly concerned about the girls' frien... (Full plot summary below)
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Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme met in school during the 1950s. Instant best friends, they proceeded to spend every minute possible together, often writing about a fantasy land of their own invention. More and more estranged from their respective families, the two girls realise that they are extremely different from most other people, and agree to take any steps necessary to ensure that they are not seperated. The two families are increasingly concerned about the girls' friendship in a strictly moralistic era.
Leave your thoughts about Heavenly Creatures.
| Palo Alto WeeklyMonica HaydeAn odd, but mostly effective mix of melodrama, fantasy and voice-over. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeHeavenly Creatures is definitely one of the most engrossing and best films of the 90s. |
| Edinburgh U Film SocietyKeith H. BrownThe two leads play their parts brilliantly, convincing in both their innocence and their malevolence. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaPeter Jackson creates a rich, haunting atmosphere, deftly juggling the eerily giddy fantasy world of the girls and their harsh, violent reality. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesThe inner tension of the film emerges from Jackson's enjoyment of the girls' bustling insanity and then his gradual withdrawal from it. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeDespite the undeniable merits of Jackson's other works, Heavenly Creatures strikes me as the best film he has made. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversJackson’s visionary triumph, heightened by the blazing performances of Lynskey and Winslet and by Alun Bollinger’s whirling camera, is in capturing the delirium as the girls whip themselves into an erotic frenzy with Mario Lanza records, semi-naked dances in the woods and revenge fantasies. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrJackson's film is distinguished by the intensity of the girls' secretive relationship. If the busy camera movements used to convey the heady exhilaration of their early encounters are irritating, the sense of claustrophobic immersion in private mysteries is palpable. Acted with conviction, and directed and written with febrile vibrancy. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannJackson has called "Creatures" a "murder story about love, a murder story with no villains." His generous approach makes it an unforgettable experience. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis ability to get inside hysteria and obsession, the skill to make us feel sensations as intensely as its protagonists, is what makes “Creatures” memorable. |