Rotten
Beautiful Creatures is like the Twilight movies but with a chaperone making sure the boys dance a foot apart from the girls.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Beautiful Creatures
Dark secrets will come to light.
2013 · 2h 4m · PG-13
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Richard LaGravenese
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Richard LaGravenese Director
- Emmy Rossum as Ridley Duchaness
- Jeremy Irons as Macon Ravenwood
- Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lincoln
- Viola Davis as Amma
- Kyle Gallner as Larkin Ravenwood
- Alice Englert as Lena Duchannes
- Thomas Mann as Link
- Alden Ehrenreich as Ethan Wate
- Margo Martindale as Aunt Del
- Zoey Deutch as Emily Asher
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Rotten
'Beautiful Creatures' is stylish, campy fun at times.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Rotten
The movie is claimed ... by narrative incoherence, Tim Burton-envy and the usual demons of digital effects.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
This surprisingly beguiling attempt to blend fantasy, coming-of-age drama, melodrama, camp and social critique isn't always successful - but it's nearly always entertaining.
Joel Arnold, NPR
Rotten
A dash -- only a dash -- of Tim Burton ghoulishness might have helped.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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