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Angel
2007
Acclaimed French filmmaker François Ozon directs this lush adaptation of a novel by the English writer Elizabeth Taylor. ANGEL begins in England in 1905, with the beauty of the title (Romola Garai) ardently pursuing a career as a writer. Her book catches the fancy of the British public, and soon Angel is a celebrity--but she .. Read more
| Starring | Janine Duvitski, Christopher Benjamin, Lucy Russell, Alison Pargeter |
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| Director | Francois Ozon |
| Genres | Drama, Drama |
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Angel
Acclaimed French filmmaker François Ozon directs this lush adaptation of a novel by the English writer Elizabeth Taylor. ANGEL begins in England in 1905, with the beauty of the title (Romola Garai) ardently pursuing a career as a writer. Her book catches the fancy of the British public, and soon Angel is a celebrity--but she still longs for love. This period film also stars Sam Neill, Lucy Russell, Michael Fassbender, and Charlotte Rampling, a frequent collaborator of Ozon.
| Starring | Janine Duvitski, Christopher Benjamin, Lucy Russell, Alison Pargeter, Jacqueline Tong, Tom Georgeson, Sam Neill, Romola Garai, Charlotte Rampling, Simon Woods, Michael Fassbender, Jemma Powell |
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| Director | Francois Ozon |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Feb 2009 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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27 out of 28 people found this review helpful
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Jaw-droppingly awful
I think I only watched it the whole (extended version) way through because I couldn't believe what my eyes and ears were telling me (my poor tortured senses).
Redeeming features you ask: Sam Neill and Charlotte Rampling (and Lucy Russell isn't bad), though why they're in this film at all is baffling; oh, and that it (eventually) ends.
Surely it can't be that bad you say... oh but it is.
Painfully-bad acting from Romola (to be fair this is the first thing I've seen her in), a title character you couldn't empathise with if you were paid, god-awful dialogue, laughable set design, and a whole of host of other flaws that lead you to wonder whether your DVD skipped on the part with time-machines and body-snatching.
Amazingly someone felt this film warranted a 'Making of...' featurette on the DVD, and, hypnotised by the horror, I was compelled to watch that too. It seems that making it was only marginally more fun than watching it - some of the actors' comments about the script made me laugh, the director's explanation for the 'special' effects was vaguely interesting, and poor Sam Neill looked like he'd rather be anywhere else. But I digress...
All in all I think this movie could qualify for cruel and unusual punishment (I'm not sure that you'd even have to put it on a loop).
Wow, I feel so mean...
Maybe the shorter international version was better...
Who am I kidding... two hours shorter wouldn't bump this up to a turkey qualification.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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we gave up after 30 minutes
maybe this is one you need to give a bit of time to but after 30 minutes of bad acting (from the normally great Garai) I could bear it no longer.
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