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Bright Angel

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In Montana, naïve teenager George (Dermot Mulroney) longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents (Sam Shepard, Valerie Perrine) push him over the edge. When George meets pretty drifter Lucy (Lili Taylor), she easily convinces him and his friend Claude (Benjamin Bratt) to join her on a road trip to Montana in hopes of breaking her brother out of jail. On the journey, the three encounter a slew of volatile and twisted people.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
3.5/4
Movies like this (I am also reminded of Terrence Malick's Badlands and Days of Heaven) depend so much on actors for the right tone, and Lili Taylor and Dermot Mulroney are perfectly matched to the material. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/23/2005
3/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 02/20/2004
4/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/21/2001
B+
The spacious but authentic location shots set the mood for the danger that awaits the two innocents. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 May 13 So many criminals in just 1 hour and 34 minutes!!!!!!!! See more 03/25/2011 Bright Angel seemed more of a movie to watch just because nothing else was on.It could've been a better if only everything didn't start happening at the end of the movie See more 10/05/2005 Bright Angel Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Bill Pullman, and Lili Taylor Set among the working-class and sub-criminal people who live in the desolate expanses of Montana and Oklahoma, "Bright Angel" is a kinda-sorta coming of age story where characters wander through the plot without any particular purpose and things just seem to happen without any particular reason. That's great in real life--people do tend to wander aimlessly in and out of each other's lives and things do just sort of happen without any discernable pattern--but it makes for a bad movie. The only real drama of the film happens about 3/4ths of the way through it... and it's way too brief. Lili Taylor and Bill Pullman give nice performances (which is why the flick gets Three Tomatoes instead of Two), but there's not much else worthwhile here. Pass on this one unless you're the world's greatest Lili Taylor fan. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Fields

Director

Dermot Mulroney

George

Lili Taylor

Lucy

Sam Shepard

Lucy

Valerie Perrine

Aileen

Bill Pullman

Bob

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Bright Angel

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Movie Info

Synopsis In Montana, naïve teenager George (Dermot Mulroney) longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents (Sam Shepard, Valerie Perrine) push him over the edge. When George meets pretty drifter Lucy (Lili Taylor), she easily convinces him and his friend Claude (Benjamin Bratt) to join her on a road trip to Montana in hopes of breaking her brother out of jail. On the journey, the three encounter a slew of volatile and twisted people.
Director
Michael Fields
Producer
Robert K. MacLean, Paige Simpson
Screenwriter
Richard Ford
Production Co
Hemdale, Northwood, Bright Angel
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 14, 1990, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 4, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.4K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround