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Angel-A

Play trailer Poster for Angel-A R,  2007,  1h 30m,  Romance/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 47% 86 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 50,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
47% Tomatometer 86 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
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.
Angel-A

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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 Jul 26, 2007
2.5/5
... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ... Go to Full Review
Jonathan F. Richards Film.com Jul 15, 2007
Familiar situations and trite dialogue give this movie the feel of something freeze-dried and reconstituted. Go to Full Review
Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Jul 13, 2007
2/5
An ultimately dull nonaffair. Go to Full Review
Jon Frosch The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Sep 12, 2010
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. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 27, 2009
A better grubby guy/hot chick fable than Knocked Up, certainly much more honest about its male-fantasy status Go to Full Review
Brandon Fibbs BrandonFibbs.com Feb 28, 2008
4/10
Ultimately Angel-A never takes flight, weighted down by an overabundance of metaphysical clichés stolen from other films. Go to Full Review
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Harry P Mar 21, 2019 No se porque una pelicula tan hermosa esta calificada de manera tan baja pero sin duda es una hermosa historia, emotiva, real, sincera y honesta, no todas las películas deben dejar de ser surrealistas para transmitir emociones. See more
George W Mar 20, 2019 one of my fav romance movie of all time <3
Oct 30, 2018 ctitics are useless, how i havent saw that long ago.
Anakin W Feb 24, 2017 Story wise it´s a good start, gets exasperating and boring in the middle and cringeworthy by the end.
Ron S Jan 28, 2017 If Luc Besson wanted to do any art, he was not close to achieve it. Or is the film bad or boring, but what object does it has? It contains an argument whose intention is to have fun, to feel at times sadness, euphoria, excitement and empathy among the characters. It is not that one is confused with everything, but in fact not even Besson knew what he wanted to convey. Angel-a is a French film of the story of a man who, desperate, is saved by this woman before committing suicide. Anything else to add? No, Angela is a mystical being made of senseless cinematographic resources that are organized in a fateful way and that prevent understanding what it is in itself. Filled with Parisian streets characterized for being the nucleus of miles of romantic stories, a nonsensical love develops with that black and white effect which unleashes the director's desire to make a good movie whose metaphysical elements that are stolen from other films never match . The film can entertain and the plot itself has a couple of nice ideas even though the final part of the movie has nothing of quality to offer. See more
George R Jun 5, 2015 An overlooked gem from Luc Besson
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Movie Info

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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