Beautiful Creatures

"Dark secrets will come to light."

2013 2h 4m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 2,984

FantasyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Dark secrets will come to light.”

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Cast

Alden Ehrenreich
Ethan Wate
Alice Englert
Lena Duchannes
Jeremy Irons
Macon Ravenwood
Viola Davis
Amma Treadeau
Emmy Rossum
Ridley Duchaness
Thomas Mann
Wesley "Link" Lincoln
Emma Thompson
Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine Duchannes
Eileen Atkins
Emmaline Duchannes

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writers: Richard LaGravenese
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard LaGravenese, shot by Philippe Rousselot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Moritz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert and Jeremy Irons carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Dark secrets will come to light.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1559547 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Richard LaGravenese directs. Philippe Rousselot behind the camera. David Moritz cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Directed by Richard LaGravenese, shot by Philippe Rousselot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor David Moritz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert and Jeremy Irons carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Dark secrets will come to light.".
7IMDB entry: tt1559547 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "high school", "dreams", "civil war", "based on novel or book".
9Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
Editing: David Moritz
Production design: Richard Sherman
Costume design: Jeffrey Kurland
VFX supervisor: Joe Farrell
Sound: Greg P. Russell
Stunt coordinator: Chuck Picerni Jr.
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $60,052,138
Return: 100% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Beautiful Creatures (2013)

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Andres Gomez2013-06-28
★ 3.5/10
Boring and too cheese. The same way Percy Jackson is a bad copy of Harry Potter, Beautiful creatures is a bad copy of Twilight. The big difference is that Percy Jackson is a bad copy of a good series of novels and movies while Beautiful Creatures is a bad copy of yet another bad series of novels and movies.
Wuchak2018-06-10
★ 4/10
Too-campy, Christphobic Southern Gothic fantasy about “casters” aka witches In a small South Carolina town, a college-minded high schooler (Alden Ehrenreich) becomes infatuated by a mysterious new girl (Alice Englert) who recently moved in with her eccentric uncle (Jeremy Irons) at his creepy Antebellum mansion. He learns that they are "casters," immortals with magical powers; and that an evil relative (Emma Thompson) wants Lena for the darkness. "Beautiful Creatures" (2013) was based on the first of four young adult books of "The Caster Chronicles" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Fans of the book, however, say it's one of the most unfaithful book-to-screen adaptions. Since I've never read any of these books this was irrelevant to me. There's nothing wrong with the production as far as sets, costumes, cast and music go. It cost $60 million and looks it. The Southern Gothic air is to die for and the first act is intriguing. Unfortunately, the tone is semi-campy where several of the characters are overly cartoonish. It's reminiscent of comic booky Stephen King flicks (e.g. "Silver Bullet" and "Needful Things"), but a notch or two more exaggerated. The first half is also encumbered by an overtly anti-Christian slant. I don't have a problem with movies that depict the evils of fundamentalist legalism, like in "The Mist" (2007), but here the stereotypes are so overdone they don't ring true, not to mention there's no positive depiction of believers to compare with the negative ones (like in "The Mist"). According to this movie, ALL Christians are hateful, rash, judgmental, condemning bigots. Lazy writers love stereotypes because they don't have to write interesting complex characters. Take Lena's first day at school where two girls automatically assume she's "satanic" merely because she lives at the eerie plantation; they then proceed to openly pray for her. It's so overdone, cartoony and eye-rolling it takes the viewer right out of the movie. This doesn't even reflect reality in the modern world anyway: Even in a backwater town in the USA it's more likely that a devout Christian would be persecuted by mocking unbelievers and nominal Christians rather than vice versa. Another thoroughly unrealistic element is how all the top community leaders are ee-vil fundies who GO TO THE SAME CHURCH. Why Sure! To be fair, the second half halfheartedly tries to make up for this by briefly revealing a more positive Christian character and having the pastor give a worthy mini-sermon on sacrifice, but it's too little too late after misrepresenting and offending half of the viewership. Another problem is how the two protagonists suck face too much. The girl's only 15. I'm not saying mid-teenagers don't make-out, but (again) it's so overdone it's eye-rolling. For a better executed and entertaining fantasy/horror flick based on a young adult book series, check out "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" (2009). It runs 2 hours, 4 minutes, and was shot entirely in Louisiana (Covington, Madisonville, Batchelor, St. Francisville and New Orleans). GRADE: C/C- (4.5/10)
Andre Gonzales2023-04-26
★ 6/10
Another love story for a non mortal. It's been done so much now that it's silly to even watch any more but at least she did do some pretty cool stuff.