We're No Angels
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 1989 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
We're No Angels proves that a great ensemble is no guarantee of a great movie -- but it also proves that the misses of the brilliant can still give you something extraordinary. [15 Dec 1989, p.F12]
50
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
We're No Angels is a small, quiet film trapped inside a big, noisy one; no longer a tale of transcendence, its a sad lesson in the weight of Hollywood machinery. [15 Dec 1989, p.C]
40
The New York TimesVincent Canby
The movie proceeds at the pace of a child reluctant to go to bed. It dawdles over irrelevant details and grows sleepier and sleepier until it seems to be snoozing, though still standing up. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelJay Boyar
We're No Angels is far from heavenly. It never even gets off the ground. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Pug-faced, slack-jawed and marble-mouthed, De Niro and Penn mug their semiarticulate proles with relish, but as religioso fish out of water their con game becomes a tiresome joke. Read full review
40
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Though Penn and a heavily mugging De Niro earn their share of chuckles, you leave this comedy scratching your head at the nutty incongruity of the endeavor. What were these talented people thinking? [25 Dec 1989, p.74B]
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