We're No Angels
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 1989 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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8
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6
Negative:
4
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38
USA TodayMike Clark
Hollywood must still have some wheezy hacks capable of gleaning a few chuckles out of the hoary Convicts-Disguised-as-Priests movie premise. But to paraphrase Groucho Marx, Someone, please, get us a hack; David Mamet's We're No Angels script can't find them. [15 Dec 1989, p.6D]
30
Washington PostHal Hinson
This We're No Angels isn't funny and it isn't smart -- it's a dumb show, almost literally, in fact. So few lines have been written for these actors that you almost believe that the script intentionally parodies their renowned inarticulateness. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyIra Robbins
What are two of America’s top dramatic actors, a serious playwright, and a hard-boiled British director doing in We’re No Angels, a meaningless stab at film comedy? Failing badly, that’s what. Read full review
20
BBCDavid Wood
Neil Jordan's re-working of Michael Curtiz's 1954 film We're No Angels is a woefully shoddy, misfiring, and mis-conceived affair typical of the director's frequent forays into Hollywood. Read full review
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