A Rumor of Angels
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Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings
- Starring: Ray Liotta, Vanessa Redgrave
- Summary: A young boy (Morgan) spending the summer in Maine finds help in dealing with his mother's tragic death through his friendship with an eccentric widow neighbor (Redgrave).
- Director: Peter O'Fallon
- Genre(s): Drama
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Positive: 2 out of 13
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Mixed: 5 out of 13
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Negative: 6 out of 13
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70The extra-short length is puzzling -- about half an hour has been lopped off the length of the original Canadian release -- but what remains feels whole and wholly satisfying, a rare, successful merging of the obvious and the haunting.
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50With its mystical mumbo jumbo and even a helpful beam of celestial light in one scene, A Rumor of Angels is a kind of cinematic comfort food for an undemanding audience.
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The pat reconciliations among family members start to pile up like so much driftwood along the beach.
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30What's most offensive isn't the waste of a good cast, but the film's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism. Only devotees of Ouija boards and TV's "Crossing Over" will find anything of merit here.
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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MonicaS.10Outstanding, beautiful, goes right to the heart!
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