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- 1996
- PG
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 45 m
- 1996
- PG
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 45 m
Summary John Travolta plays an angel who's no saint in this divinely romantic comedy. (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Directed By: Nora Ephron
Written By: Peter Dexter, Jim Quinlan, Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
- 1996
- PG
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 45 m
- 1996
- PG
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 45 m
Michael
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7.8
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Summary John Travolta plays an angel who's no saint in this divinely romantic comedy. (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Directed By: Nora Ephron
Written By: Peter Dexter, Jim Quinlan, Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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28% Positive
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28% Mixed
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5 Reviews
44% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
38
28% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
44% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Director Nora Ephron and her co-writers, sister Delia plus Pete Dexter and Jim Quinlan (the latter two wrote the original story), bring a smart contemporary sensibility to the hokum, hilarity and heart-tugging that have made for many a classic Hollywood entertainment.
Before this turns to total mush, it's a quirky, fitfully effective fantasy periodically enlivened by the cast.
Nora Ephron's comedy tries to be sweet, hip, innocent, and sophisticated all at the same time, and it doesn't take long for these contradictory goals to cancel one another out.
The script is clichéd and uninspired, the tone veering uneasily between unamusing comedy and over-sincere drama, all theological issues are weakly circumvented and the characters hardly relate to each other, let alone to any of their onscreen activities.
The director, Nora Ephron, displays her peerless gift for making everything seem snappy and mushy at the same time, and Travolta's performance has a slovenly, I-can-do-anything-and-you'll-still-love-me obnoxiousness.
Nora Ephron directed it and had a hand in the screenplay, but without Travolta this film would have no reason for being.
This kind of angel stuff is classic Hollywood fare, especially at Christmastime. Thus, it's all the more wonder that director Nora Ephron has missed and mishandled so many of her cues.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 93 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 93 User Ratings
7.8
71% Positive
66 Ratings
66 Ratings
18% Mixed
17 Ratings
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11% Negative
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