Acted with conviction, and directed and written with febrile vibrancy.
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06/24/06
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
95 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 40 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis: HEAVENLY CREATURES represented a departure of sorts for horror director Peter Jackson and was the first film to earn him widespread critical acclaim. Jackson both co-wrote and co-produced the picture, which is based on an actual 1954 murder case. The two protagonists, New Zealand... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison
Director: Peter Jackson
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06/06/01
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17-year-old Kate Winslet made her film debut in this compelling blend of true crime and dark fantasy...
04/17/01
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01/01/00
The inner tension of the film emerges from Jackson's enjoyment of the girls' bustling insanity and then his gradual withdrawal from it.
03/11/08
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 of the out-of-control relationship between the crime's two schoolgirl perpetrators.
02/11/08
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Unlike the campy excess of Jackson's earlier Dead Alive, deliberate overkill ltimately points toward a dearth of ideas rather than a surfeit.
02/11/08
A dark, astounding film from Peter Jackson, showing his mastery of blending fact and fantasy. A deserved winner of Venice Festival's Silver Lion and Toronto Fest's Critics Award. Along with Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, this is 1994's most audacious film.
12/04/06
Fantasy and reality blur in a chilling film that shows Jackson's limitless potential
09/06/06
Peter Jackson creates a rich, haunting atmosphere, deftly juggling the eerily giddy fantasy world of the girls and their harsh, violent reality.
01/11/04
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