Synopsis
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
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Cast
- Alden EhrenreichEthan Wate
- Alice EnglertLena Duchannes
- Jeremy IronsMacon Ravenwood
- Viola DavisAmma Treadeau
- Emmy RossumRidley Duchaness
- Thomas MannWesley "Link" Lincoln
- Emma ThompsonMrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
- Eileen AtkinsEmmaline Duchannes
- Margo MartindaleDelphine Duchannes
- Zoey DeutchEmily Asher
Recommendations
- 80
Village Voice
Director Richard LaGravenese, who also adapted the novel, lavishes the material with greater wit than its demographic demands, and the central love story feels warm-blooded—the air prickles between the leads. - 75
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
There’s something so delicious when Brits such as Thompson and Irons sink their fangs – sorry – into Deep South dialect. Thompson devours scenery, supporting players and dialogue with every “Bless your heart, shooo-gah” in the script, and Irons curls his non-existent mustache with every syrupy zinger. - 75
Tampa Bay Times
Beautiful Creatures gives supernatural teenage romance a good name, or at least a better one than the entire "Twilight Saga" offered. - 70
Variety
Fortunately, writer-director Richard LaGravenese has jettisoned most of the novel and refashioned its core mythology and characters into a feverishly enjoyable guilty pleasure. - 63
ReelViews
The weaknesses of Beautiful Creatures ultimately outweigh the strengths but the conviction of the central relationship is good enough to keep things from becoming laughably bad, even if it all comes apart toward the end. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
I enjoyed this piece of southern-fried screwball Gothic whimsy (with jolts of CGI spell-casting for the multiplex crowd) so much that I’m sad to admit that it’s nowhere near as potent as "Twilight." - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Nicely cast and made with as much conviction as can be brought to something so intrinsically formulaic. - 50
Observer
The movie doesn’t know if it’s a teen fantasy-romance or a more sophisticated satire that the material can’t support.
