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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.
8/10
