A Rumor of Angels
Cinetel Films | Release Date: February 1, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
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70
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
The 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. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
An uplifting but occasionally treacly tale of transcendent grief, opted to venture where angels go fearlessly. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
With 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. Read full review
50
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
Were it not for the presence of higher-level acting talent, A Rumor of Angels would have been a banal TV movie. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
A predictable tearjerker whose main redeeming feature is that you don't actually see any of the angels in the title. Read full review
50
VarietyEmanuel Levy
Despite good acting from the entire cast, yarn is a bit dull and predictable, straining too hard to convey its spiritual message. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
A Rumor of Angels beats its wings furiously, only to sink back into spiritualist goo. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
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. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesJohn Anderson
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. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
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. Read full review
30
Village VoiceWendy Lee
The pat reconciliations among family members start to pile up like so much driftwood along the beach. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
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.
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
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. Read full review
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