It is much to my regret that I have not yet found the time to read the novel Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia. As such I cannot provide insight in this review as to how the movie compares to the book, but sometimes it is good to have the perspective of someone who doesn't know the story already anyways.
Beautiful Creatures (movie) focuses on a small town in South Carolina and a teenage boy named Ethan Wate. When a new girl, Lena Duchannes, moves into the town to live with her mysterious uncle, there are a lot of rumors and suspicion flying around. Some believe Lena and her family are evil, but Ethan is not one to follow the crowd and befriends Lena. Tensions rise as the two face challenges from all of those around them, and they must decide whether to accept their fates or find their own way in life.
Alden Ehrenreich did an excellent job in the role of Ethan, portraying him as a likable character who seems unfazed by all of the strange goings on around him. Alice Englert also did well as Lena, a character who seems troubled at her core by the relatable question of who she really is. There were also some fantastic performances in the more minor roles, with notable appearances by Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum, and Viola Davis.
All in all it was a very enjoyable movie that was easy enough to follow even having not read the novel. Hopefully it stuck fairly truly to the novel and now I will have to read it in order to find out. It would be a great film for any lover of the fantasy genre to see and I would highly recommend it.
-Lynx
Great review of an interesting movie.
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