Heavenly Creatures with Melanie Lynskey: DVD Cover

    Heavenly Creatures Director: Peter Jackson Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent

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    • DVD Release Date: 09/24/2002
    • Original Release: 1994
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 14,464

    Viewer Rating: (10 ratings)

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    Features

    Closed Caption; Dolby Digital surround sound ; Widescreen (2.35:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Theatrical trailer

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Opening Credits [6:24]
    2. The New Girl [3:58]
    3. Enduring Ailments [3:39]
    4. Playful Girls [7:31]
    5. Saints of the Fourth World [6:37]
    6. "Finding the Key" [6:41]
    7. Letters to Pass the Days [9:34]
    8. "John Has Fallen In Love With Me" [9:42]
    9. An Unhealthy Friendship? [8:06]
    10. New Resolutions [5:48]
    11. "Poor Father" [6:11]
    12. "Sink Or Swim Together" [5:36]
    13. "Stark Raving Mad" [5:41]
    14. "In Pursuit of Happiness" [6:01]
    15. "The Happy Event" [6:45]
    16. Honora's End [7:33]
    17. End Credits [2:50]

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    Editorial Reviews

    After winning a cult following for several offbeat and darkly witty gore films, New Zealand director Peter Jackson abruptly shifted gears with this stylish, compelling, and ultimately disturbing tale of two teenage girls whose friendship begins to fuel an ultimately fatal obsession. Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) is a student in New Zealand who doesn't much care for her family or her classmates; she's a bit overweight and not especially gracious, but she quickly makes friends with Juliet (Kate Winslet), a pretty girl whose wealthy parents have relocated from England. Pauline and Juliet find they share the same tastes in art, literature, and music (especially the vocal stylings of Mario Lanza), and together they begin to construct an elaborate fantasy world named Borovnia, which exists first in stories and then in models made of clay. The more Pauline and Juliet dream of Borovnia, the more the two find themselves retreating into this fantastical world of art, adventure, and Gothic romance as they slowly drift away from reality. The girls' parents decide that perhaps they're spending too much time together, and try to bring them back into the real world, but this only feeds their continued obsession with Borovnia (and each other) and leads to a desperate and violent bid for freedom. Featuring excellent performances (especially by Kate Winslet) and imaginative production design and special effects, Heavenly Creatures skillfully allows the audience to see Pauline and Juliet both from their own fantastic perspective and how they seem to the rest of the world. Remarkably enough, Heavenly Creatures is based on a true story; in real life, Juliet grew up to become mystery novelist Anne Perry. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Excellentby Hugo-Z-Hackenbush

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    March 13, 2009: I had no knowledge of this film until I watched it. The plot, with a diary narration unfolds slowly and inevitable like a fetid orchid. Kate Winslet is superb, but young Melanie Lynskey almost steals the movie. Their adolescent relationship is not quite innocent, but compared to our present culture, they seem almost wholesome. At first. That is what makes the movie so gripping. You could never set this film in present day because girls today buy Bratz dolls and listen to Brittany. They don't bicycle to their friends house and listen to Mario Lanza. Jacksons direction is very good; such a different movie from his later projects. Overall 4 out of 5.

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    damn, wow and WTHby Anonymous

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    April 15, 2008: this movie was well done and hauntingly creepy. its the story of best friends and an obsession like no other with a fantasy and etc. melanie did a good job and looks like drew barymore as she grew older. winslet was also good and surprised how young she looked.


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