Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

SnoopyStyle Dorothy (Susan Lynch) is out to the movies when she encounters Petula (Rachel Weisz) being abused by her boyfriend Brian McMinn. Dorothy is dealing with her own unstable boyfriend Tony. She knocks out Brian and the girls bring him back to Dorothy's flat. The women become fast friends. He wakes up and falls down killing himself. Dorothy doesn't want to go to jail and Petula comes up with a plan to dispose of the body. Before that happens, Dorothy's dog bites off Brian's finger and she decides to demand ransom with Petula's help. The simple self-defense accident spirals out of control.It tries to be a hip brash black comedy. Unlike other British crime dramas of that era, this doesn't have quite the same energy or cool style as Guy Ritchie. It's not funny enough. It has a bit of blood and violence but can't compete against anything from Tarantino. It doesn't have anything outstanding other than Lynch and Weisz. These are great actresses but there isn't enough to push this movie over the top.

Raul Faust Two girls thrown together by their boyfriends' violence accidentally kill one of them: that's what IMDb's synopses says and that's just the beginning of a crazy movie. You know, "Beautiful Creatures" is one of those ironical thrillers that makes you enjoy the criminal, since they are portrayed as the good guys in the story. Characters are not well developed, given that they're too simple; however, they're unintentionally hilarious, and this plot just show how many corrupt people we have out there. Even the inspector-detective started lying and fooling around just to make some free money. Even thought the main story is original, sometimes it feels much like 2000's "Panic". I dare to say that sometimes director makes it feel like a Tarantino thriller, considering how shallow the subject "death" is portrayed. I just don't give it a higher rating because there are some few plot holes and the story isn't that genius, but I guarantee it's a good adventure, in every way.

FlashCallahan Dorothy and Petula's lives are inextricably thrown together, bonded by a common flaw. Dorothy's on the run from her boyfriend and Petula should be doing the same. Evasion, blackmail, murder, betrayal, revenge, and a suitcase full of money. it's all there....and then some....Back in 2000, these films were ten a penny. Still riding high on the Guy Ritchie bandwagon, this falls into the same category as Circus, Rancid Aluminium, Love Honour and Obey, and Hard Men.These were all films with major flaws, but for some reason, apart from Hard Men, they were all highly watchable, with some very kooky elements to them.You really had to be around at the time of the films releases to appreciate this particular sub genre, and this one is no different, having been critically panned on initial release, there was something screaming in the film stating 'I am a very good idea, but poorly executed'.And while the film has a very poor narrative and so many clichés, it's hard not to enjoy it.Basically Thelma and Louise for generation X, Lynch and Weisz are really very good in their roles, but the writers have made a fatal error in making all the male characters rogues, and all the females victims, right up until the third act.There's red herrings galore come the final act, but it's just too bonkers to be a bad movie, its never boring, but makes very little sense.Luckily for me, I loved this sub genre, looking forward to all the wannabe crime dramas with style us Brits churned out.a great companion piece with High heels and Low Lifes, basically a carbon copy of this movie.

gridoon Too routine for a thriller, too unpleasant for a "comedy" (a comedy? please!), too contrived for a crime caper (let me get this straight: the whole mess begins when a dog bites off a corpse's finger?) and too reverse-sexist (all the men are vicious, sleazy b******s) for its female characters to be even the least bit sympathetic. A misfire. (**)