Beautiful Creatures
(2013)
Directed by Richard
LaGravenese this film based on the novel of the same name stars Alden
Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum and
Emma Thompson. Boy meets magic using girl in a story seems more than
a little similar to a certain vampire based franchise.
Initially this film
starts off with a lot of promise, from it's cast to looking at small
town Southern conservatism and banning of books. All this early
promise however is thrown away in favour of a run of the mill story
that seems intent on pushing the idea that female sexuality is bad
which is distasteful to say the least. Given all the talent involved
with this film it ends up being a rather large disappointment.
2/5
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