| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Besson is clearly aiming for something like a fairy tale, but a work this forced and self-absorbed can only end up feeling terribly earthbound.

| Sep 12, 2010

A better grubby guy/hot chick fable than Knocked Up, certainly much more honest about its male-fantasy status

| Aug 27, 2009

Ultimately Angel-A never takes flight, weighted down by an overabundance of metaphysical clichés stolen from other films.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 28, 2008

The film settles into a laid-back groove that is, how shall we say, endlessly boring.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 12, 2007

Angela's Oprah-ish effort to change Andre's lying ways becomes a tedious mix of self-help and pop-philosophizing . . . the film's black-and-white look is two shades more complex than its gender politics.

Full Review | Sep 11, 2007

Besson gives the movie a warmth and charm all its own...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 31, 2007

... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 26, 2007

The film is slickly constructed with a hip soundtrack and art direction, but its empty, a glowing travelogue for a beautiful city and two maudlin characters that are predictable and two dimensional. I love Paris too but would rather see its reality ....

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 22, 2007

A gorgeous-looking film whose crisp, black-and-white photography is unfortunately much more thrilling than its simplistic, cloying story.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 19, 2007

Familiar situations and trite dialogue give this movie the feel of something freeze-dried and reconstituted.

| Jul 15, 2007

An ultimately dull nonaffair.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2007

It's compelling largely due to its appealing cast.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 12, 2007

It's too bad it took so long for the film to get here, because it's not only the best part, it's also the very end.

| Jul 10, 2007

It's a wisp of a film, recommendable for a lark, but not nearly as ambitious or entertaining as you'd expect from Besson.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 8, 2007

Angel-A is a not very persuasive argument on behalf of heavenly intercession, but its co-star, Rie Rasmussen, will make you believe in intelligent design.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 7, 2007

Besson... cribs heavily from Wings of Desire and Heaven Can Wait. If he had thought of it, he would have dressed someone in an Anaheim Angels jersey to elbow your ribs that much further.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 6, 2007

It's not flashy or bold, and it might not do much for cinephiles who prefer inveterate risk-taking, but it is enjoyable as a largely sentiment-free meditation on friendship and personal growth.

| Jul 6, 2007

...the characters here are so unlikable that it's hard to care what happens to them.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 6, 2007