Beautiful Creatures (2000)

Petula (Rachel Weisz) and Dorothy (Susan Lynch) are a couple of tough broads living in Glasgow. Their gangster boyfriends (Iain Glen and Tom Mannion) are constantly beating them up. When Dorothy knocks out Petula's boyfriend, trying to defend her from him, she realizes she has accidentally killed him. The women come up with a scheme to fake a ransom plot in order to disguise the murder as a kidnapping, but that only makes matters worse. From debut director Bill Eagles, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES is a riveting thriller with a darkly humorous undercurrent.

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In this contemporary thriller set in Scotland, two women, Dorothy (Susan Lynch) and Petula (Rachel Weisz), bond over a dangerous encounter. Petula is being routinely beaten by her boyfriend Brian (Tom Mannion); Dorothy, after having left her unstable relationship with Tony (Iain Glen), accidentally kills Brian in a fit of rage. In desperation, the two women forge a bizarre scheme to convince Brian's older, more powerful brother Ronnie (Maurice Roeves) that Brian has been kidnapped. Their plan hits a snag, however, when Detective Inspector Hepburn (Alex Norton) begins to suspect the women and offers to be on the t...
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ake for their intended get-rich plan. Soon after, Tony also re-emerges and also wants in on the deal, leaving the two women to compose a different plan. A blackly comic film noir, Beautiful Creatures is the feature debut of director Bill Eagles.
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Dorothy en Petula hebben één ding gemeen: een slechte smaak wat mannen betreft. Na een aanvaring met haar vriend besluit Dorothy om samen met haar hond weg te gaan. Ze komt Petula tegen, die net in elkaar is geslagen door haar vriend. In een poging Petula te helpen vermoordt Dorothy hem per ongeluk. In paniek besluiten de twee een plan te bedenken om de moord te verbergen.

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