The GuardianDespair not, Twilight fans – this earnestly played southern gothic fantasy is on hand to slake those cravings
TelegraphRichard LaGravenese's Beautiful Creatures has deft dialogue but a weakness for oppressively lush settings
New York MagazineBeautiful Creatures isn't pure camp -- there's some real emotion in there. But not enough to hit you on a primal level.
The Boston GlobeI kind of dug Beautiful Creatures, even if I, like most of you, am ready to drive a stake into the entire "My boyfriend/girl...
Salon ArtsPlays like a funnier, edgier, Southern-gothic knockoff of the Twilight universe, with a distinct liberal-secular sensibility...
The New York Times There's not much new under the moon here, which makes what the writer and director Richard LaGravenese does with the story a...
New York Daily NewsWhat's missing -- from the entire movie -- is that magical spark that can turn a film into a franchise.
USA TodayThis romp into the occult has a potent sense of humor. That comic edge and strong dialogue raises the movie's quality over m...
Los Angeles TimesThe movie is an intriguing, intelligent enigma - three words not typically associated with teen romances.
Chicago TribuneIrons and Thompson, whose Oscars aren't likely to get any company for their supporting turns here, at least bring the zest g...
New York PostThe comedy defuses and deflates the drama, frustrating those who would be swept away by belief.
Washington PostA movie so schizoid in its extremes of pleasure and pain that it's hard to know how to weigh its contradictions, or even whe...
The Philadelphia InquirerBeautiful Creatures tries terribly hard to establish its own mythology of magic and witchcraft and Southern-fried adolescent...
Rolling StoneAs supernatural types, Oscar winners Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson overact so strenuously and with such outrageously awful ...
Wall Street JournalThe movie is claimed by narrative incoherence, Tim Burton-envy and the usual demons of digital effects.
Film FractureAll in all, Beautfiul Creatures fulfills the basic needs for the intended viewer. It provides romance, danger, and a decent ...
Entertainment WeeklyBeautiful Creatures is arriving in a marketplace full of Twilight junkies still eager for their supernatural teen-romantic f...
ReelViewsBeautiful Creatures is the latest attempt by a Hollywood studio to cash in on the popularity of a YA (Young Adult) series.
IGN MoviesBeautiful Creatures has its moments, but gets weighed down with too much exposition, an overly long run time and abrupt chan...
JobloI fully realize that I'm not the target audience for a movie like BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, which is clearly meant for tween gir...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writer: Richard LaGravenese
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons
Release: February 14, 2013
Writer: Richard LaGravenese
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons
Release: February 14, 2013
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