City Of Angels
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- Synopsis
- An angel must decide if love is more important than eternal peace in this Americanized adaptation of Wim Wenders' modern classic Wings of Desire. Seth (Nicholas Cage) is an angel who hovers over the city of Los Angeles, listening to people's ......
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- Starring
- Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore
- Director(s)
- Brad Silberling
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros.
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 120 min.
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Variety | Emanuel LevyAdd Critic to Favorites
The endlessly resourceful Nicolas Cage, as a celestial angel, and a terrifically engaging Meg Ryan, as a pragmatic surgeon, create such blissful chemistry that they elevate the drama to a poetic level seldom reached in a mainstream movie.Read the full review
Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites
Though far from a seamless work, the film is gorgeously crafted, and Silberling obviously has a passion for angels. But then these days, who doesn't?Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
What I did appreciate is that City of Angels is one of the few angel movies that knows one essential fact about angels: They are not former people. ”Angels aren't human. We were never human,” observes Seth. This is quite true. Angels are purely spiritual beings.Read the full review
