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Heavenly Creatures review
Posted : 2 years ago on 17 April 2022 08:10
Words cannot describe how good this film was. This is easily one of Peter Jackson's best films, and I think his most emotional and in many ways. Heavenly Creatures is disturbing and shocking, but it is also very beautiful, haunting and quite thoughtful as well, as well as having a masterly mix of nostalgia, menace and innocence. It looks beautiful, with the cinematography simply stunning, and the score is both haunting and beautiful. The story is interesting and the dialogue makes you think and even more than that. Peter Jackson directs wonderfully, and boasts superb performances not only from Kate Winslet and especially Melanie Lynksey- who is mesmerising in the more controlled and I suppose meatier role- but also from Diana Kent, Clive Morrison and Sarah Peirse. Overall, brilliant and one of Jackson's best. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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A very good movie
Posted : 8 years, 2 months ago on 11 February 2016 10:59
To be honest, it has been ages since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. This movie seriously came out of nowhere. Indeed, before that, Peter Jackson was the King of the Nasties, making some crude but hilarious horror comedies. However, with this feature, he suddenly shifted gears and made a very compelling and original fantastic thriller/drama. Who could have imagine that a director expert in vomit feasts could make such a sensitive portrait of female adolescence?!? At this point, it was pretty obvious that Jackson was a really skilled director that we should reckon with in the future. Not only the directing was impressive but we shouldn't forget about the tremendous acting as well. Indeed, even though Melanie Lynskey never managed to really have a breakthrough, she was actually really good in this, and, of course, for the great Kate Winslet, it was a really amazing acting debut and the beginning of a great career full of many other amazing performances. Eventually, 15 years later, Peter Jackson would go back to this genre with ‘The Lovely Bones’ but, unfortunately, it turned out to be a commercial and critical flop. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, to conclude, even though it seems to be rather forgotten nowadays, it is actually a really solid drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Peter Jackson’s work.
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Heavenly Creatures review
Posted : 10 years, 7 months ago on 15 September 2013 05:37
I was very curious about this movie, and it didn't fail to deliver for me. Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey were great, dark and funny, and the whole thing kept my attention the whole time. The movie seems boring at some points, especially when the girls are in their fantasy land, but all in all a wonderful movie. The imagery in this movie is done very well and the last scene is just remarkable.
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Underrated film from Jackson and Winslet...
Posted : 14 years, 1 month ago on 10 March 2010 07:22
Heavenly Creatures is a really terrifying story about a true story that happened quite a long time ago. This film wasn't so much scary but it was just a really psychological story to watch. It was a film that is very hard to watch. It seems a very peaceful story to start with during the first 20 minutes of the film but when the two girls were getting closer from best friends into a lesbian relationship it became a very dark story that gives a very heartfelt and tragic conclusion. It was a really romantic story between the two girls which reminded me quite a bit of Aileen and Selby in Monster. That is where it was beautiful but only by reading the synopsis and the way the film carried on, I knew that it was going to end in a very effective and hard way. The title of the film is very genuine and very heartfelt but it is as bright and beautiful as it seems. It is very psychological because the two girls literally become obsessed with each other and won't let anyone come between them. Both of the young women give solid performances but are both very different types of characters and they portray them in different ways.
Melanie Lynskey gives a very good performance as Pauline Parker. Pauline was the psychological woman within the film who despises her mother for getting too deeply involved with her relationship with Juliet. What I really loved about Melanie as Pauline was because she was actually really terrifying to watch which not many people have actually made me feel when playing a really psychological character. Kate Winslet's performance as Juliet Hulme was without a single doubt one of the best acting debuts of all time. People took more consideration into Sense And Sensibility as her acting debut which lead to top blockbuster Titanic. Kate's performance as Juliet was very emotional and heartbreaking. They both bonded really well and each girl became the other's way as the film carried on. Pauline is the psychological character and Juliet is the emotional and heartbreaking character. They are both the leading roles for the film. They are a bit like the villainous Thelma & Louise apart from that they are obviously villains but are also lesbians. Their relationship leads objection from both of their families but it is a story that tells the audience that there is a price that must be paid to one of the characters.
Peter Jackson has created one of the extremely most underrated films of all time. He will be best remembered for Lord Of The Rings obviously and also King Kong but he should be remembered for Heavenly Creatures as well. To me, Peter Jackson has given me a brief idea from Heavenly Creatures of what his upcoming film The Lovely Bones will be like because that is a psychological thriller. It was really clever the way Peter got Harry Lime from The Third Man involved in this film. Peter Jackson's direction was just amazing. He directs this film like no other director could but unfortunately it is very underrated. I find it to be the most underrated film of all time. This is a really awesome film from Peter Jackson but it is my least favourite film from him. I do prefer Lord Of The Rings and King Kong a lot more. I might give his other pre-Lord Of The Rings films a chance as well such as Meet The Feebles, Braindead, Bad Taste, Forgotten Silver and The Frighteners.
This is an underrated Kate Winslet performance as well. Her performance was very Oscar worthy just like Melanie Lynskey's performance was also. Despite how good Kate was in this film, as far as live-action films are concerned, Heavenly Creatures is my least favourite live-action film from her. She has been in 5 other masterpieces. She has never disappointed in all of her career thus far. Overall, this film was very dramatic, very tense and even quite scary. This is a high recommendation to those people who love psychological thrillers and also those people who just love Peter Jackson or Kate Winslet's work. I wouldn't call Heavenly Creatures a masterpiece but I would call it a film that I could watch more than once. Also, I would call it THE most underrated film of all time.
Melanie Lynskey gives a very good performance as Pauline Parker. Pauline was the psychological woman within the film who despises her mother for getting too deeply involved with her relationship with Juliet. What I really loved about Melanie as Pauline was because she was actually really terrifying to watch which not many people have actually made me feel when playing a really psychological character. Kate Winslet's performance as Juliet Hulme was without a single doubt one of the best acting debuts of all time. People took more consideration into Sense And Sensibility as her acting debut which lead to top blockbuster Titanic. Kate's performance as Juliet was very emotional and heartbreaking. They both bonded really well and each girl became the other's way as the film carried on. Pauline is the psychological character and Juliet is the emotional and heartbreaking character. They are both the leading roles for the film. They are a bit like the villainous Thelma & Louise apart from that they are obviously villains but are also lesbians. Their relationship leads objection from both of their families but it is a story that tells the audience that there is a price that must be paid to one of the characters.
Peter Jackson has created one of the extremely most underrated films of all time. He will be best remembered for Lord Of The Rings obviously and also King Kong but he should be remembered for Heavenly Creatures as well. To me, Peter Jackson has given me a brief idea from Heavenly Creatures of what his upcoming film The Lovely Bones will be like because that is a psychological thriller. It was really clever the way Peter got Harry Lime from The Third Man involved in this film. Peter Jackson's direction was just amazing. He directs this film like no other director could but unfortunately it is very underrated. I find it to be the most underrated film of all time. This is a really awesome film from Peter Jackson but it is my least favourite film from him. I do prefer Lord Of The Rings and King Kong a lot more. I might give his other pre-Lord Of The Rings films a chance as well such as Meet The Feebles, Braindead, Bad Taste, Forgotten Silver and The Frighteners.
This is an underrated Kate Winslet performance as well. Her performance was very Oscar worthy just like Melanie Lynskey's performance was also. Despite how good Kate was in this film, as far as live-action films are concerned, Heavenly Creatures is my least favourite live-action film from her. She has been in 5 other masterpieces. She has never disappointed in all of her career thus far. Overall, this film was very dramatic, very tense and even quite scary. This is a high recommendation to those people who love psychological thrillers and also those people who just love Peter Jackson or Kate Winslet's work. I wouldn't call Heavenly Creatures a masterpiece but I would call it a film that I could watch more than once. Also, I would call it THE most underrated film of all time.
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