Editing Heavenly Creatures (section)

== Reception ==

=== Critical response ===
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[[File:KateWinsletByAndreaRaffin2011.jpg|thumb|Peter Jackson's direction, as well as Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet's performances (both on their feature film role debut), received praise.]]
'''''Heavenly Creatures''''' garnered wide critical praise with particular for its direction, screenplay and lead performances. Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a 95% score based on 108 reviews, with an average rating of 8.20/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Dark, stylish, and captivating, ''Heavenly Creatures'' signals both the auspicious debut of Kate Winslet and the arrival of Peter Jackson as more than just a cult director."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/heavenly_creatures|title=Heavenly Creatures|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|work =[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 86 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |title=Heavenly Creatures Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/heavenly-creatures |accessdate=8 April 2022 |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]]}}</ref>

Nick Hyman, writing for [[Metacritic]], thought that 1994's Oscar-winning ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' was equally matched by "Memorable Film(s) Not Nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]", including ''Heavenly Creatures'', of which Hyman said, "Peter Jackson's masterful blend of fantastical visions and a heartbreaking real-life murder tragedy has arguably never been topped."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/feature/least-deserving-oscar-winners-and-snubs |last= Hyman |first= Nick |date= 22 February 2011 |title= The Least Deserving Best Picture Winners Since 1990 |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work= [[Metacritic]]|access-date= 13 January 2015}}</ref>

[[Owen Gleiberman]], writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', gave the film a B+ and said, "Set in the early '50s, in the New Zealand village of Christchurch, this ripe hallucination of a movie – a rhapsody in purple – has been photographed in sun-drenched candy color that lends it the surreal clarity of a dream... There's something bracing about the way that ''Heavenly Creatures'' serves up its heroines' fantasies with literal-minded brute force." Gleiberman complains that Jackson never quite explains "why the two girls have metamorphosed into the '50s teenybop answer to [[Leopold and Loeb]]," yet concludes, "Still, if the pleasures of ''Heavenly Creatures'' remain defiantly on the surface, on that level the movie is a dazzler."<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304607,00.html |author= Gleiberman, Owen |author-link= Owen Gleiberman |date= 25 November 1994 |title= ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994) |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date= 13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425133924/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304607,00.html|archive-date=25 April 2009}}</ref>

===Box office===

''Heavenly Creatures'' had a limited box office success but performed admirably in various countries, including the United States, where it grossed a total of $3,049,135 during its limited run in 57 theatres; it grossed $5,438,120 worldwide. In the US it opened on two screens in New York City ([[Angelika Film Center]] and Lincoln Plaza) and had the biggest per-screen gross of the weekend with an average of $15,796, grossing $41,323 in its opening 5 days.<ref name="DailyVariety1"/><ref name="DailyVariety2"/>

=== Accolades ===
''Heavenly Creatures'' was an Academy Award nominee in 1994 for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and won for [[Empire Award for Best British Actress|Best British Actress]] at the [[1st Empire Awards]].<ref name=empire>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/pastwinners/1996.asp |title=Past Winners - 1996 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |year=2003 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730175634/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/pastwinners/1996.asp|archive-date=30 July 2012}}</ref> It featured in a number of international film festivals, and received very favourable reviews worldwide.

[[Miramax International]] believed that reception at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] would make the film more appealing than it already was.<ref>{{cite magazine|issn=0112-2789|title=OnFilm Magazine|magazine=Onfilm : New Zealand's film, TV & video magazine|date=March 1994}}</ref>

The film made top ten of the year lists in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', and ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]''. It appears in Schneider's book ''[[1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die]].''

The film also did exceptionally well at the 1995 [[New Zealand Film and Television Awards]], being nominated for 10 awards and winning nine.

==== Year-end lists ====
* 3rd&nbsp;– [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''<ref name = "LATimesYE">{{cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=25 December 1994|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-25-ca-12998-story.html|title=1994: YEAR IN REVIEW : No Weddings, No Lions, No Gumps |work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref>
* 5th&nbsp;– [[Kenneth Turan]], ''Los Angeles Times''<ref name = "LATimesYE"/>
* 5th&nbsp;– Yardena Arar, ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|date=30 December 1994|title=At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|page=L6|edition=Valley}}</ref>
* 9th&nbsp;– [[Desson Howe]], ''[[The Washington Post]]''<ref>{{citation|last=Howe|first=Desson|date=30 December 1994|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/12/30/the-envelope-please-reel-winners-and-losers-of-1994/3cf88a79-b416-4c9a-8ff1-8e9c9a91df37/|title=The Envelope Please: Reel Winners and Losers of 1994|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref>
* 9th&nbsp;–  Glenn Lovell, ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|date=25 December 1994 |title=The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- a Year Worth's of Movie Memories|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|page=3|edition=Morning Final}}</ref>
* Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked)&nbsp;– [[Matt Zoller Seitz]], ''[[Dallas Observer]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Zoller Seitz|first=Matt|date=12 January 1995 |title= Personal best From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites |work=[[Dallas Observer]]}}</ref>
* Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked)&nbsp;– Eleanor Ringel, ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''<ref name = "AtlantaYE">{{cite news|title=The Year's Best|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=25 December 1994 |page=K/1}}</ref>
* Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked)&nbsp;– Steve Murray, ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution''<ref name = "AtlantaYE"/>
* Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked)&nbsp;– Bob Ross, ''[[The Tampa Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Bob|date=30 December 1994|title=1994 The Year in Entertainment|work=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|page=18|edition=Final}}</ref>
* Top 10 (not ranked)&nbsp;– Betsy Pickle, ''[[Knoxville News-Sentinel]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Pickle|first=Betsy|date=30 December 1994|title=Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be|work=Knoxville News-Sentinel|page=3}}</ref>
* Best of the year (not ranked) - [[Jeffrey Lyons]], ''[[Sneak Previews]]''<ref>{{cite episode|host1=Lyons, Jeffrey (host)|host2=Medved, Michael (host)|title=Best & Worst of 1994|series=[[Sneak Previews]]|air-date=January 6, 1995|season=20|network=[[WTTW]]|access-date=February 20, 2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4SqV43_O4}}</ref>
* Honorable mention&nbsp;– Michael Mills, ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Michael|date=30 December 1994|title=It's a Fact: 'Pulp Fiction' Year's Best|work=The Palm Beach Post|page=7|edition=Final}}</ref>
* Honorable mention&nbsp;– [[Michael MacCambridge]], ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=MacCambridge|first=Michael|date=22 December 1994|title=it's a LOVE-HATE thing|work=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|page=38|edition=Final}}</ref>
* Honorable mention&nbsp;– Jeff Simon, ''[[The Buffalo News]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Simon|first=Jeff|date=1 January 1995|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/movies-once-more-with-feeling/article_b73e9a1a-9f60-5d7a-a05c-289243ba0483.html|title=Movies: Once More, with Feeling|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref>

==== Awards ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Institution
! Year
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Academy Award]]s
| [[67th Academy Awards|1995]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| {{Plainlist|
* [[Peter Jackson]]
* [[Fran Walsh]]
}}
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|work=[[Academy Awards|Oscars.org]]|title=The 67th Academy Awards|date=5 October 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141029115022/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|archive-date=29 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1994|1995]]
| Best Foreign Film
| ''Heavenly Creatures''
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45188074/northwest_herald/|work=[[Northwest Herald]]|location=Woodstock, Illinois|date=10 March 1995|page=61|title=Chicago Film Critics' Nominees}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Chicago International Film Festival]]
| 1994
| Best Feature
| Peter Jackson
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| [[Empire Awards]]
| [[1st Empire Awards|1996]]
| Best British Actress
| [[Kate Winslet]]
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=empire>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/pastwinners/1996.asp |title=Past Winners - 1996 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |year=2003 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730175634/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/pastwinners/1996.asp|archive-date=30 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer]]
| 1995
| Grand Prize
| [[Peter Jackson]]
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=NZ/>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[London Film Critics' Circle]]
| rowspan="3"| [[London Film Critics Circle#1995 winners|1996]]
| Director of the Year
| [[Peter Jackson]]
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=NZ/>
|-
| British Actress of the Year
| [[Kate Winslet]]
|{{won}}
|-
| Film of the Year
| ''Heavenly Creatures''
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]
| [[1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|1994]]
| Best Picture
| ''Heavenly Creatures''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="LA">{{cite news |last1=Natale |first1=Richard |title=The Critics Are Voting; Let the Oscar Buzz Begin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-15-ca-9313-story.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 15, 1994 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016074324/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-15-ca-9313-story.html |archive-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[National Board of Review]]
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1994|1994]]
| Top 10 Films
| ''Heavenly Creatures''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|work=[[National Board of Review]]|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/top-films/|title=Top Films Archive|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816105521/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/top-films/|archive-date=16 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="10"| [[New Zealand Film and Television Awards]]
| rowspan="10"| 1995
| Best Actress
| [[Melanie Lynskey]]
|{{won}}
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=NZ>{{cite web |title=Heavenly Creatures - Awards |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/heavenly-creatures-1994/awards |website=NZ On Screen |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| [[Sarah Peirse]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Foreign Performer
| [[Kate Winslet]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Director
| [[Peter Jackson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Film Score
| [[Peter Dasent]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Editing
| [[Jamie Selkirk]]
|{{won}}
|-
| Best Soundtrack
| [[Mike Hopkins (sound editor)|Mike Hopkins]]<br />Greg Bell<br />[[Michael Hedges (sound engineer)|Michael Hedges]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Design
| [[Grant Major]]
|{{won}}
|-
| Best Contribution to Design
| [[Richard Taylor (filmmaker)|Richard Taylor]]<br />George Port
|{{won}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| [[Alun Bollinger]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Toronto International Film Festival]]
| [[1994 Toronto International Film Festival|1994]]
| Metro Media Award
| [[Peter Jackson]]
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=NZ/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Venice Film Festival]]
| [[51st Venice International Film Festival|1994]]
| [[Silver Lion]]
| [[Peter Jackson]]
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=NZ/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Writers Guild of America Award]]
| [[47th Writers Guild of America Awards|1995]]
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
| [[Peter Jackson]]<br/>[[Fran Walsh]]
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=NZ/>
|}