Angel-A

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Angel-A

R

Released May 25, 2007

1h 30m

Romance

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ...

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 26, 2007

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

Familiar situations and trite dialogue give this movie the feel of something freeze-dried and reconstituted.

Jul 15, 2007

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

An ultimately dull nonaffair.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 13, 2007

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Jon Frosch

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

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.

Sep 12, 2010

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

A better grubby guy/hot chick fable than Knocked Up, certainly much more honest about its male-fantasy status

Aug 27, 2009

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Brandon Fibbs

BrandonFibbs.com

Ultimately Angel-A never takes flight, weighted down by an overabundance of metaphysical clichés stolen from other films.

Rated: 4/10

Feb 28, 2008

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Mariana S

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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Jim L

Amazing beautiful movie. A must see!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/09/24

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Alex

such an original fresh movie, love this

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/27/23

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Ariani K

Eu não descartaria esse filme sem ver. Acho que apesar de "ruim" vale a pena ser visto. Tem uma proposta diferente, mas nada surpreendente.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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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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