Beautiful Creatures

It's "Romeo & Juliet" meets "Carrie" meets a very dark "Bewitched" with a Southern drawl when a young girl returns to the family plantation just before her 16th birthday. Mortals are caught in between good and evil casters (they don't like being called witches). Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, and Emmy Rossum are terrific playing their roles larger than life and over the top. Viola Davis also has a key role. The supernatural special effects are stunning. Will history repeat itself, will someone be seduced by the dark side of the Force, and will the Curse be broken in this bittersweet love story?

Alien gives it 3 "choice or destiny" stars out of 4.