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Movie Overview
Cast
• Melanie Lynskey
• Kate Winslet
• Sarah Peirse
Director
• Peter Jackson
MPAA Rating
R
Heavenly Creatures (1994)

REVIEWS
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INTERVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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5/5
"Powerful"  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

5/5
"Jackson's unique style and uncanny ability as a director make this one of the best and most powerful films of 1994."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

B-
"The acting by Winslet and Lynskey is superb."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"Reveals how pernicious fantasy can become when it is based on a deep-seated hatred of the world."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/4
"Revealed in unforgettable fashion by a capable director, the events that unfold in this film are not easily forgotten."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

6/8
"This is a film with more visual creativity than many fantasy films."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

4/4
"Peter Jackson creates a rich, haunting atmosphere, deftly juggling the eerily giddy fantasy world of the girls and their harsh, violent reality."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

4/5
"One of the most genuinely disturbing films I have ever seen."  Film Threat  Michael Dequina

5/5
"The inner tension of the film emerges from Jackson's enjoyment of the girls' bustling insanity and then his gradual withdrawal from it."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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