Angels and Insects

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Angels and Insects

R

Released Jan 26, 1995

1h 58m

Drama

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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.

Mike Clark

USA Today

No matter what you think this adaptation of A.S. Byatt's novella Morpho Eugenia sounds like, it's better and certainly kinkier than your best parlor-game guess.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Angels and Insects is like the dark underside of a Merchant-Ivory film; in one scene, we visit a sunny, pastoral clearing in the woods, and lift up a rock to see the plump, slimy little slugs and larvae beneath, dining on each other.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

While some of these scenes are world-class, others deserve to be in the trash...

Feb 23, 2022

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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

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 3/5

Jan 29, 2005

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rated: 4/5

Feb 20, 2004

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 58 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $3,400,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/01/25

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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

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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

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Audience Member

A very old-styled period drama.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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"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

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"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

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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
Producer: Kerry Orent, Belinda Haas
Screenwriter: A.S. Byatt, Belinda Haas, Philip Haas
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Company, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
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
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Surround