City of Angels

Pros: Cage and Ryan, soundtrack, cinematography
Cons: nothing

It’s funny that I never went to see this movie when it was in theater because I have to admit that I absolutely love it now. I think it was a combination of the story and performances by the actors that drew me in and has yet to let me go. ...

Pros: Photography, peaceful vibes, Franz's character, hearing people's thoughts, the bathtub scene!
Cons: That darn semi (Whoops.)

City of Angels is one of those movies I've been "coming back" to lately. It's funny how you can get totally sick of a movie, only for a couple of years to pass and suddenly, you're back to watching it all over again with renewed interest.
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Pros: good plot, well written, fantastic acting
Cons: none

The first time I saw “City of Angels” I fell in love with it, and that really surprised me.

As a Christian, I often find that whenever Hollywood does something with a religious symbol (in this case angels) it is often done in poor taste and is...

Pros: explores real questions about love, offers some answers, suitable for couples to view together
Cons: language, nudity, sex (but not that bad)

Review of City of Angels Help, I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up! I didn’t expect to like City of Angels but I was pleasantly surprised. It was released in 1998, but I never saw it in the theatre. I’ve never understood what was so ...

Pros: Stunning photography, killer soundtrack and musical score, wonderfully hokey story, a feast for the senses
Cons: The choanal atresia diagnosis, Nicolas Cage's rendition of that "Old Black Magic"

I saw this movie the first time (rented) in 1998 when it was released. I was at the time interested in seeing Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan, two widely acclaimed performers, in a movie that appealed to my romantic and sloppy sentimental nature. I knew it was...

Pros: Intriguing premise; affecting romance; good performances
Cons: One character seems tacked on; some theological questions

City of Angels is a shameless chick-flick, a romantic drama that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish: It aims to elicit longing feelings and tears from its mostly female audience.

What makes the movie unique, even special, is how...

Pros: Nicholas Cage is very convincing
Cons: Meg Ryan, the subject of the movie, the costumes

I saw this movie last year and I didn't like it a bit; unfortunately it was also showed last night on CBS and since I forgot most of it I wanted to see it again. And it all came back to me... Now I have to share this dislike with you my friends.
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Pros: romantic, great date movie, good acting
Cons: bring kleenex

The City of Angels introduces the audience to a host of heavenly beings who walk among us on earth. Every sunset and every sunrise they gather together at the shore and listen to the purest music. The music inspires a feeling of joy and seems to...

Pros: All good
Cons: none

After reading such a range of reviews on this movie, I decided to give it a watch. I was pleasantly surprised at the performance of Andre Braugher, as Nicholas Cage's "Angel", that portrayed him in a more light hearted role than I am accustomed to....

Pros: Gives a rare intellectually challenging conception of angels. Great performance by Dennis Franz.
Cons: Doesn't live up to its possibilities. Way too earnest. Cage and Ryan don't click.

I became interested in City of Angels when I heard the critics compare it to Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire, which, as far as I’m concerned, remains the only intellectually satisfying film treatment of angels.

My...

Pros: Beautiful movie, wonderful blend of spirituality and earthly existence, great acting, incredible cinematography
Cons: none

I think we all have those thoughts and feelings to which we react with a passion akin to desperation. I will be the first to admit, without shame, that I teeter dangerously close to addiction to movies that ooze with romance and happy endings, great...

Pros: good premise, chemistry between the actors, tugs at the heartstrings
Cons: it will make you cry

I saw City of Angels at one of those "discount" theaters that play movies right before they're pulled from the big screen and put out on video. I sat with in the balcony of this theater with my mother and two of her friends. Armed with...

Pros: after the angel came down to Earth
Cons: poor script, poorly acted and directed

I like angel movies when they are well done. "City of Angels" is not one of them. Though I must say that this movie is a marked improvement for Nicholas Cage over the much lauded but lame "Leaving Las Vegas". Cage plays a guardian...

Pros: Great cast, Spectacular story, Really great music.
Cons: Must have large supply of tissues!

Yes, if you watch this movie you will need a box of tissues handy. This terrific film starring Megg Ryan and Nicholas Cage makes you feel so many emotions.

The basic plot of the movie, without revealing the good stuff, is about an angel who...

Pros: Good backdrop, images, authentic Franz.
Cons: Romance this may be, but is it love?

City of Angels is a shamelessly schmaltzy romance with one of the more innovative backdrops in memory. Angels are around us and hear all our thoughts, it contends, and I enjoyed the methods used to put the concept across--slightly ethereal but...