Decent but dull.
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01/30/02
A Rumor of Angels (2002)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:10
Rotten:19
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Trevor Morgan, Vanessa Redgrave, Catherine McCormack, Ray Liotta
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Reviews for A Rumor of Angels
If there was any doubt that Peter O'Fallon didn't have an original bone in his body, A Rumor of Angels should dispel it.
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
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
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
All the heart tugging in this world (and beyond) fails to generate anything worth believing here.
02/01/02
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
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09/02/02
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06/29/05
Top CriticThis cloying, voices-from-the-other-side story is hell.
02/15/02
The actors are fantastic. They are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre.
02/01/02
Long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame.
02/01/02
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
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11/30/03
Rumor, a muddled drama about coming to terms with death, feels impersonal, almost generic.
02/01/02
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11/20/08
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09/23/05
No amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story.
01/31/02
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11/06/02
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12/02/02
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