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06/06/08
A Rumor of Angels (2002)
36 %
Reviews Counted: 28 Fresh: 10 Rotten:18 Average Rating: 4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Synopsis: Peter O'Fallon's heartwarming drama tells the uplifting story of an unlikely friendship between an emotionally scarred young boy and a mournful older woman. Twelve-year-old James Neubauer (Trevor Morgan) has never fully healed from the traumatic loss of his mother in a car accident. His... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Trevor Morgan, Vanessa Redgrave, Catherine McCormack, Ray Liotta, Ron Livingston
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Screenwriter: Jamie Horton, Peter O'Fallon, James Eric
Producer: Lisa Hansen, Paul Hertzberg, Peter O'Fallon
Composer: Tim Simonec
Screenwriter: Jamie Horton, Peter O'Fallon, James Eric
Producer: Lisa Hansen, Paul Hertzberg, Peter O'Fallon
Composer: Tim Simonec
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11/06/02
For those with an aversion to such sentimentality, especially when associated with the spirit world, Vanessa Redgrave is still reason enough to see A Rumor of Angels.
02/26/02
The film's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings, especially in the last few cloying moments.
02/05/02
There are times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing, a few too many weeping scenes -- but I liked its heart and its spirit.
02/04/02
Given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it, the project should have been made for the tube.
02/03/02
The actors are fantastic. They are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre.
02/01/02
The actors don't inhabit their roles -- they're trapped by them, forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes.
02/01/02
A spiritual exploration of sorts, offering a message of hope that resonates.
02/01/02
The screenplay by James Eric, James Horton and director Peter O'Fallon ... is so pat it makes your teeth hurt.
02/01/02
The problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum. A Rumor of Angels doesn't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness.
02/01/02
Denver should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave's career. It deserves to be seen everywhere.
02/01/02
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