Michael
5,441
Comedy. Romance. Fantasy
Frank Quinlan and Huey Driscoll, two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with Dorothy Winters, an 'angel expert', are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her house with a real, live archangel named Michael. Upon arrival, they see that her claims are true - but Michael is not what they expected: he smokes, drinks beer, has a very active libido and has a rather colourful ... [+]
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United States | Chicago Reader | "Before this turns to total mush, it's a quirky, fitfully effective fantasy periodically enlivened by the cast." | NEU |
United States | The Washington Post | "Ephron appears to have hunkered down for a career of pandering mediocrity" | NEG |
United States | AV Club | "John Travolta should realize that people appreciate him, maybe more than ever, but that he should start making movies people won't feel ashamed for having seen" | NEG |
United States | Variety | "John Travolta's charismatic screen presence is the only element that propels Michael over its rough narrative spots and scattered direction." | NEU |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "Nora Ephron bring a smart contemporary sensibility to the hokum, hilarity and heart-tugging that have made for many a classic Hollywood entertainment." | POS |
United States | ReelViews | "Ultimately, it's neither offensive nor horrible; it's just another unspectacular, uninspired entry on Nora Ephron's erratic resume." | NEU |
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