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Angel-A

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Contemplating suicide to escape his many debts, a man (Jamel Debbouze) named Andre saves a beautiful blonde (Rie Rasmussen) from killing herself in the Seine. The rescued woman, Angela, is grateful to him later, and she pledges to stay with him and help him solve his problems.
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The clunky dialogue and shallow characters fail to capitalize upon Angel-A's stunning, poetic cinematography.

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Robert W. Butler Arizona Republic 07/26/2007
2.5/5
... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ... Go to Full Review Jonathan F. Richards Film.com 07/15/2007
Familiar situations and trite dialogue give this movie the feel of something freeze-dried and reconstituted. Go to Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle 07/13/2007
2/5
An ultimately dull nonaffair. Go to Full Review Jon Frosch The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 09/12/2010
Besson is clearly aiming for something like a fairy tale, but a work this forced and self-absorbed can only end up feeling terribly earthbound. Go to Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 08/27/2009
A better grubby guy/hot chick fable than Knocked Up, certainly much more honest about its male-fantasy status Go to Full Review Brandon Fibbs BrandonFibbs.com 02/28/2008
4/10
Ultimately Angel-A never takes flight, weighted down by an overabundance of metaphysical clichés stolen from other films. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Sally D @TinyBee Dec 12 This movie is profoundly beautiful. I was dismayed by all the bad reviews. Did we watch the same movie? At any rate, it's full of surprises and moments of truth. Maybe some people are just too jaded to catch the lessons. Or maybe they can't stand to see a tall, beautiful, leggy woman in a wet mini dress? See more Mariana S 10/09/2024 My cringe-o-meter broke with this one. This movie was always cheesy, but it aged so bad. It is so mysoginistic, falls in all the common places it could possibly do, the last minutes were so violent, with thos supposed good guy yanking her by the arm repeatedly and pulling violently her hair. I was so disgusted remembering how media depicted romamce 20 years ago, I made th8s account just to rant over it. See more Jim L 07/09/2024 Amazing beautiful movie. A must see! See more Alex 11/27/2023 such an original fresh movie, love this See more 04/02/2021 I started watching this film because I thought it was in a supernatural or Sci-Fi genre movie. "Wait.. it's in Black and White? The audio is in French!? Ohhh Man!" I decided to watch for a few minutes to see where the story was going, and got totally involved. Early on there were a couple of times where I actually laughed. Then entered actress Rie Rasmussen's, character, which confirmed I was correct to finish watching the movie. I think the film is fun, and interesting. I'm glad I stuck with it. I note that some viewers got caught up in the "message" of the film. I just enjoyed it for the plot and the performances of the actors. See more 03/17/2021 There is clearly something wrong when the majority of the critics don't like a movie but 3/4 of the people who see it do... It's a little silly. Perhaps a bit of a boy's fantasy. But Luc Besson has an amazing eye, and cine noir Paris is gorgeous through his lens. The conclusion is a bit trite, but there are elements of a story here that I have never seen before. I love that you never actually know what's true and what's not about Angela. It may be a guardian angel story, but the twists are new and fun. See more Read all reviews
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Luc Besson

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Jamel Debbouze

André

Rie Rasmussen

Angela

Gilbert Melki

Franck

Serge Riaboukine

Pedro

Akim Chir

Le chef des malfrats

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Synopsis Contemplating suicide to escape his many debts, a man (Jamel Debbouze) named Andre saves a beautiful blonde (Rie Rasmussen) from killing herself in the Seine. The rescued woman, Angela, is grateful to him later, and she pledges to stay with him and help him solve his problems.
Director
Luc Besson
Producer
Luc Besson
Screenwriter
Luc Besson
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Canal+, TF1 Films Productions, EuropaCorp
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
May 25, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$202.2K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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