Review of Heavenly Creatures (1994) by Matt S — 15 Sep 2011

An haunting, tragic and disturbing true crime story about two imaginative, loner, young teens who form and innocent bond that turns obsessively deadly. One of the very first acting roles for Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey who gave powerful and profound performances as Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme and they came off as very veteran actresses and Kate Winslet's presence mesmerizing.

The film was very imaginative and artful as well and the storytelling and writing very poignant and shocking that this actually happened and how two young girls just snapped in a short period of time it's just terrifying.

The thing that bugged me the most was the lack to make any sense of it all, no resolution or aftermath, I mean I would of liked to see a trial or something because it had a slow burn build up to the murder scene with character developement, I just think it would of been more powerful if it had the two villains reasoning behind the murders.

Overall a stunning debue of now A-list actress Kate Winslet that was potent and with skillful filmaking and a memorable and shocking story I will have to recommend it but just don't have any expectations and have an open mind and you might be impressed with it but it is a hard watch because you pretty much know what the outcome is going to be early on.

6.5 out of 10.