Date With an Angel

PG

Released Nov 15, 1987

1 hr. 45 min.

Romance

Comedy

List

11%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

58%

5,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Jim Sanders (Michael E. Knight) is getting ready for his upcoming marriage to rich, spoiled Patty Winston (Phoebe Cates). But after a wild bachelor party he wakes the next morning to find a beautiful winged woman (Emmanuelle Béart) floundering in his pool. It turns out that the gorgeous woman is actually an angel. While trying to convince Patty he is not cheating on her, and to save the angel from being discovered by the media, Jim starts to fall for the otherworldly being.

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Audience Member

I loved it. Still do. Its up same idea as mannequin. Fun lil fantasy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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brad m

Guilty pleasure. No surprises here. Is exactly what you probably think it is.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

If you're a lesbian this is worth watching just for the angel - she's lovely and she definitely deserved a girlfriend instead of this vapid, personality-less weirdo. Perfect remake fodder, tbh. The end was cute though! I'd recommend it just to laugh at and enjoy the special effects.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

This is a very enjoyable film. It's supposed to be light and fun, not a serious, ponderous film which some critics seemed to have wished.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

An engaged man finds an angel and can't decide whether to marry his b***** girlfriend or keep falling in love with the angel. The idea itself is stupid so therefore the movie is stupid.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Frances H

Not very good, even for the 80s. The angel in question is really beautiful and the only reason for guys to watch this flick.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/06/14

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Tom McLoughlin

Director

Michael E. Knight

Jim Sanders

Phoebe Cates

Patty Winston

Emmanuelle Béart

Angel

David Dukes

Ed Winston

Phillip Brock

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

This movie ought to be shot. It wastes not only the idea of the angel, but also the human presence of Cates, a bright and quick actress who is required to play a simpering bimbo.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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James Berardinelli

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Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Candice Russell

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Date With an Angel intends to soar high and with its magical elements intact, and it should have. But this film is grounded by derivative plotting.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 19, 2021

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David Nusair

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...terminally underwhelming from start to finish...

Rated: 2/4

May 9, 2021

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Beart will take your breath away each time she's on screen.

Nov 18, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 21, 2005

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Synopsis

Jim Sanders (Michael E. Knight) is getting ready for his upcoming marriage to rich, spoiled Patty Winston (Phoebe Cates). But after a wild bachelor party he wakes the next morning to find a beautiful winged woman (Emmanuelle Béart) floundering in his pool. It turns out that the gorgeous woman is actually an angel. While trying to convince Patty he is not cheating on her, and to save the angel from being discovered by the media, Jim starts to fall for the otherworldly being.

Director: Tom McLoughlin
Screenwriter: Tom McLoughlin
Production Co: De Laurentiis
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 15, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 21, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.5M
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo