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| Michael
Year: 1996
Classification: Comedy
Actors/Actresses:
- Teri Garr
- William Hurt
- John Travolta
- Andie MacDowell
Travolta at his best
This and Phenomenon which also has John Travolta are my favorite "spiritual" movies because of the simple yet eccentric tones. This is the kind of angel I can believe in. He is what an angel should be. Fun, and human. Sure beats the fluffy size 5, flowing dress angels the marketeers push.
Not only did I like the adding sugar to sugared cereal, the smoking, the junk food and whoa sexual angel he portrayed but I loved his gentleness and the way all the actors worked together. Jean Stapleton whom many will remember from ALL IN THE FAMILY, William Hurt, and Robert Pastorelli who played the eccentric painter on the MURPHY BROWN series and Andie MacDowell whom I fell in love with in FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL all work so well together.
There is jaded humor, deep friendship, good Vs evil, optimistic challenges and sadly death. But it was interesting since the death seemed as close to any movie that convinced me that death is life as I have seen. It is also a movie that men as well as women will enjoy.
A Slice Of Comedic Heaven
This movie trashes traditional religion, patronizes the Midwest, squeezes laughs out of a dying dog and a sick old woman, scorns marriage and romance and bashes men gleefully. Yet it buys into the notion that angels might really exist.
Travolta, who displays his gift for irony and whimsy, plays an unorthodox angel--a paunchy slob with moth-eaten wings who smokes, hits the bottle and chases women, even as he is on some unspecified angelic assignment in Iowa. Director Nora Ephron shows the humor and power of Michael by having Travolta, perform his Pulp Fiction dance to Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools." In fact, most of the script, by Ephron, her sister Delia and others, displays ingenuity, grace, wit and taste.
Hurt, MacDowell, and Pastorelli play cynical tabloid reporters hunting down the hapless angel. The venerable Jean Stapleton offers bright moments as the rambunctious motel owner who discovers Travolta's powers.
Repeat watching will uncover thought provoking subtleties. And of course laughs at our favorite parts--'Lines? I invented lines. Before that people were just walking around'.-- 'Pies, everybody loves pie'.
We're all angels inside.
This film is brilliant! if i did't have much space for this review it would be enough to stop there! the film makes you think and start to wonder about life certain aspects of it at least, and the meaning of life.BR>the film tells a story of an angel who is not the stereotypical, clea, pure godly figure. the message of the film as that we are all angels. you dont have to be pure, clean or run around in white wings an a halo all day to be loved by someone an love others. sunday afternoon smiley movie me thinks!!
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