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City of Angels

1998

Brad Silberling

Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Dennis Franz, André Braugher ...

5.5

17,964

Romance. Drama. Fantasy This romantic tale about faith, happiness and loss explores what happens when a real-life guardian angel falls in love with his charge. Will he choose mortality in order to pursue the joys of a relationship with this woman? Or will he remain an angel to avoid the potential heartache?

This is an american remake from Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire "Der Himmel über Berlin".

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"It's not a perfect movie, and there are times when Cage seems more soppy and dewy-eyed than necessary. But it has a heart (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"A mawkish debasement of its source material (...) 'City of Angels' is not only derivative but, what's worse, dishonest."	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"'City of Angels' is an odd hybrid but a successful one. It marries the lyricism and heavy atmosphere of a European art film with the soaring spirit of a Hollywood love story"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"A woozy piece of 'spiritual' hokum (...) The movie is a hymn to sappiness"	NEG
United States	Emanuel Levy Variety	"A superlatively crafted romantic drama that solidly stands on its own merits"	POS
United States	Steve Davis Austin Chronicle	"Is City of Angels a faithful reworking of Wings of Desire, or a misguided bastardization of it? Unfortunately, it's more of the latter"	NEG
United Kingdom	Time Out	"This is funnier than Wenders' version, and it also succeeds in visualising LA as a magical city"	POS

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