A Rumor of Angels
Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 6 out of 13
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    25
    Director Peter O'Fallon fires his biggest gun: a blast of Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, truly heavenly music wasted on a handful of dust.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    30
    As A Rumor of Angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum, not even Ms. Redgrave's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    30
    What'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.
  4. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    I've been a Vanessa Redgrave fan for such a long time that I would have been happy to watch her beautifully weathered face without much happening around her.
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  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    30
    The emotional aspects of the story are treated with such a heavy hand, the supernatural aspects are so vague and uninvolving, and the group dynamic is so unconvincing that one can't quite imagine why anybody bothered.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Wendy Lee
    30
    The pat reconciliations among family members start to pile up like so much driftwood along the beach.

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User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. MonicaS.
    10
    Outstanding, beautiful, goes right to the heart!
  2. maryannob
    8
    I think critics are only looking for the edgier type of movies and can't see the art in making a movie that is sentimental...but what is wrong with sentimentality? I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and others of this nature as a way to turn off my brain distracted by all the loud, violent and sexy types or the horror genre, maybe because I am older, but I have always loved these types and believe they have a place in the world of cine. Vanessa shines in this and I am so glad she is still around to make these movies.… Full Review »
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