The Face of an Angel
Screen Media Films | Release Date: June 19, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireIan NathanMar 23, 2015
On one level a fascinating refraction of the Amanda Knox trial into an examination of perception, on another an increasingly trying hall of mirrors. Read full review
60
CineVueBen NicholsonMar 6, 2015
Winterbottom's The Face of an Angel makes for compelling viewing, painting an arresting character portrait even if it avoids the direct engagement with the original (and much-discussed) crime that some people may have been expecting. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 18, 2015
Occasionally Winterbottom delivers a haunting, effective moment, giving a hint of a different, more compelling film. But then it’s back to the self-righteous, self-indulgent, muddled metaphors. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJun 17, 2015
Past Winterbottom films have turned “real life” into both comedy and tragedy. The Face Of An Angel turns it into a directionless skulk. Read full review
50
Village VoiceSimon AbramsJun 16, 2015
The Face of an Angel may not be like any other whodunit you've seen, but it's also only superficially smarter than the genre it defines itself against. Read full review
42
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthMar 6, 2015
The idea of turning a true crime story into a intellectual cinematic exercise is novel, and could be witty and sharp, but 'Angel' never comes across that way. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJun 22, 2015
The film does occasionally show a pulse when it tries to reimagine the life of the victim — it turns the tables on the mystery and tries to become a film about love and life instead of doom and death. But it’s too little, too late, and too lame. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJun 18, 2015
Like the floundering filmmaker at its center, The Face of an Angel never seems sure of what story it wants to tell. Read full review
40
The TelegraphMike McCahillMar 26, 2015
Winterbottom’s shapeshifting spontaneity has long seemed as much limitation as virtue, characteristic of a filmmaker unable or unwilling to commit to his own better ideas. Here, you feel him hedging around his subject, less out of sensitivity than a constitutional evasiveness, an inability to formulate a clear line of argument. Read full review
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