Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell
A dreary city tenement provides backdrop to this tale of exclusion and the magic it takes to become accepted.
DVD Release Date: May 26, 2009
Stats: 244 reviews
it gets two stars purely for sam neill who looks gorgeous as ever!!
but this movie isnt for me!! the leading lady cant act for shit and gives the character such arragance and irritates me to the point that makes the movie so unbearable its truly annoyingly terrible!!!
[font=Century Gothic]"Angel" starts in Edwardian England where young Angel(Romola Garai), daughter of a grocer(Jacqueline Tong), dreams of living in Paradise House, a grand mansion, not that far away physically but eternities away socially. The thing is she wants to be there as ... read more
This movie could have so much better, but that's not to say it was bad. If you accept the fact that this was filmed as if it were made in the past and come to see of it more as a dream of her real life more than the actual reality of it (does that make sense?), then it seems a he... read more
Amazing movie portraying the life of Angel Deverell, perfectly depicted and very captivating all the way through the end.
Ozon films this saga with a straight face, but the overripe dialogue, dodgy back-projection and unrestrained acting all signal that he is smirking behind his hand. Full Review
A film that's a total mess, but in kind of a beautiful way. Full Review
With a surface like a trashy novel and the undercurrents of a social satire, Ozon's British period drama is a slightly odd mix, feeling both arch and astute at the same time. Full Review
François Ozon is a Gallic Michael Winterbottom, if not in style then at least in his determination to do something different every time. As with Winterbottom, sometimes the result is great and sometim... Full Review
The French director François Ozon has taken Elizabeth Taylor's beadily satiric novel and transformed it into a droll and somewhat disturbing fantasia on the creative temperament. Full Review
How director Francois Ozon received a Golden Berlin Bear nomination for this shoddy movie, The Sneak will never know. Full Review
A less than heavenly time is guaranteed for anyone who parts with their hard-earned to watch this formulaic period film. Full Review
Like Ozon's 8 Women, the costumes are magnificent and Angel's mansion is a shrine to the gods of bad taste. All that's missing is a heroine worthy of Bette Davis in her heyday. Full Review
Choosing to clothe his whole movie in the outré frocks of a bad Technicolor romance, Ozon serves up camp fun, but that's it. Full Review
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