Heavenly Creatures
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70% Critic Match

Heavenly Creatures

Not all angels are innocent.

7.0 / 10 1994 1h 49mR English
DramaFantasy

Storyline

Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.

Cast & Crew

Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey

Pauline Parker

Lead
Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

Juliet Hulme

Sarah Peirse

Sarah Peirse

Honorah Parker Rieper

Diana Kent

Diana Kent

Hilda Hulme

Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison

Dr. Henry Hulme

SO

Simon O'Connor

Herbert Rieper

Jed Brophy

Jed Brophy

John / Nicholas

Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott

Bill Perry

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Jackson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Heavenly Creatures is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker