He's an angel... Not a saint.
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
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Contemporary, warm, classical in form and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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“Is John Travolta miscast as Michael?”
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“Is Michael too gentle for its own good?”
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“Is it funnier than it is smart?”
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Oct 20199/10
***Testifies to the JOY of living itself*** Michael, excellently portrayed by John Travolta, is an unorthodox Archangel enjoying his last mission (vacation?) to Earth. A supermarket tabloid from Chicago sends a team to Iowa to get a story and pictures; after discovering that he's a real angel they naturally want to bring him back to the big city. What works best is that the story is essentially a fun-spirited road movie. William Hurt, Andie MacDowell and Robert Pastorelli have an exceptional time meeting Michael and trying to escort him back to Chicago. Michael acts like a tourist having the time of his life, humorously wanting to see those silly little 'attractions' dispersed across the countryside (e.g. "the world's biggest non-stick frying pan," etc.) -- you know, the ones most of us adults roll our eyes at. Lots of fun things and miracles take place along the way. What struck me the most about Michael (the angel) is that he has a genuine spirit of JOY. The simple joy-of-living-itself is all over him; and this has a phenomenal impact on the people around him. It's something most of us could learn from Michael. The film has loads of laughs and, surprisingly, even some profunditie
Read the whole review on TMDB - GenerationofSwineon TMDB · Jan 20231/10
Andie MacDowell was once the most adorable person in Hollywood wasn't she? And I mean that as it utterly charming. And the same goes for her performance here, she turns up the charm and does her best to sell the role. But, unfortunately, Travolta (fresh from his Pulp Fiction rebirth) is playing his Vincent Vega role in the comedy and is entirely out of place throughout it. Really, if you are a Travolta fan you should just watch Pulp Fiction, it's basically him doing the same thing in a film where it works and feels appropriate. Here, well, here you just have Andie MacDowell attempting to charm the film into a success, while Travolta still thinks he's working with QT.
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Cast
- John TravoltaMichael
- Andie MacDowellDorothy Winters
- William HurtFrank Quinlan
- Bob HoskinsVartan Malt
- Robert PastorelliHuey Driscoll
- Jean StapletonPansy Milbank
- Teri GarrJudge Esther Newberg
- Wallace LanghamBruce Craddock
- Joey Lauren AdamsAnita
- Carla GuginoBride
Crew
- Nora EphronDirector
- Jim QuinlanScreenplay
- Delia EphronScreenplay
- Nora EphronScreenplay
- John LindleyDirector of Photography
- Randy NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Geraldine PeroniEditor
- Nora EphronProducer
- Sean DanielProducer
- James JacksProducer
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