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      Angels and Insects

      R Released Jan 26, 1995 1 hr. 58 min. Drama List
      68% 22 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster (Jeremy Kemp) invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson (Mark Rylance), into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia (Patsy Kensit). William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Set in the days shortly after Darwin's first publications, the caste system of an ant colony in an aristocratic Victorian English family is explored with alluringly intricate mysteriousness in Philip Haas' adaptation of A.S. Byatt's novella. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Very well done period piece with surprising twists & turns, drama & superb acting. Both men & women will enjoy it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A very old-styled period drama. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member "Ángeles e Insectos" es un drama de época dirigido a un público adulto y maduro (algo muy raro en el cine contemporáneo) acerca de un naturalista (Mark Rylance) que cae en las redes de una adorable y atractiva hija de una familia acomodada (Patsy Kensit). La premisa de esta cinta, basada en la novela "Morpho Eugenia" de A.S. Byatt, es la de mostrarnos cómo el orden social de los insectos dista mucho del de los humanos. Kristin Scott-Thomas, como es costumbre, nos entrega una soberbia actuación en un papel secundario. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member "Ángeles e Insectos" es un drama de época dirigido a un público adulto y maduro (algo muy raro en el cine contemporáneo) acerca de un naturalista (Mark Rylance) que cae en las redes de una adorable y atractiva hija de una familia acomodada (Patsy Kensit). La premisa de esta cinta, basada en la novela "Morpho Eugenia" de A.S. Byatt, es la de mostrarnos cómo el orden social de los insectos dista mucho del de los humanos. Kristin Scott-Thomas, como es costumbre, nos entrega una soberbia actuación en un papel secundario. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Très bon film ... qui m'avait tout de même un peu "traumatisé" à l'époque ! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Joey O'Bryan Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) While some of these scenes are world-class, others deserve to be in the trash... Feb 23, 2022 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com A notch above the dry, analystic and tedious films that Philip Haas usually makes, largely due to acting of Kristin Scott Thomas and explicit sexuality. Rated: C Aug 9, 2007 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 3/5 Jan 29, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster (Jeremy Kemp) invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson (Mark Rylance), into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia (Patsy Kensit). William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
      Director
      Philip Haas
      Executive Producer
      Lindsay Law
      Screenwriter
      A.S. Byatt, Belinda Haas, Philip Haas
      Distributor
      MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Samuel Goldwyn Company
      Production Co
      Samuel Goldwyn Company
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 26, 1995, Original
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $3.4M
      Sound Mix
      Surround