Beautiful Creatures

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  • Opened February 14, 2013 
  • 2 hr 4 min
  • PG-13 | violence, scary images and some sexual material

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+. More on child suitability

  • A supernatural love story set in the South which tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan, a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena, a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. The film is based on the first novel in the best-selling series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum
  • Director: Richard LaGravenese
  • Genres: Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Not if you've read the book...

by brittney22thomas

...and maybe not even if you haven't. I really enjoyed the book, and with all the discrepancies between the story line and appearance of characters and such, I just couldn't get on board with the...

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If you read the book, you will be disappointed...

by mclaytonbarrier

I personally did not like the film, but I think this is because I read the book and had VERY high expectations. Maybe this is a great film for a date night, but if you read the book you will be...

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Better than i expected

by talismanfarmlv

I didn't read the book but was actually pleasantly surprised as the movie has gotten mixed reviews- i enjoyed the story line and the movie has a decent cast of actors....

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Critic Reviews

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Beautiful Creatures has its metaphysical cosmology worked out, and it gives it to us in doses big enough that we understand its rules and believe in its world, but not so big that it starts to get cute or that we stop caring. Read full review

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Movie Nation
| Roger Moore

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. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Beautiful Creatures, more than the "Twilight" films, lacks danger and momentum. The audience, like Ethan, spends way too much time waiting around for Lena to learn whether she's a good girl or a bad girl. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Beautiful Creatures tries terribly hard to establish its own mythology of magic and witchcraft and Southern-fried adolescent angst. This isn't Hogwarts, though, and it's not even Forks High from Twilight, but boy, you know Warner Bros., the studio behind Beautiful Creatures, wants it to be! Read full review

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Alden Ehrenreich as Ethan Wate and Alice Englert as Lena Duchannes in "Beautiful Creatures."