Angels in America

Pros: Make-Up, Casting, Production Values, Direction, Performances, Screenplay
Cons: Not really. It's long, but easily watchable in more than one installment.

It’s been a while now since AIDS was front page news every day. A while since I saw the word “plague” used to describe the illness among gay man in America. A while since AIDS was little more than an unknown, fatal entity without adequate ...

Pros: Mainly acting, there were no weak characters. Remains relevant despite new AIDS treatments.
Cons: For some the NYC focus and open Republican hatred may be problematic.

I am writing an academic article on the film version of Angels in America and that makes it difficult to review—this is why I have put off writing an epinion about it despite having seen it originally 2 years ago and watched it several times since ...

Pros: Script,Acting,particularly Pacino, Wright and Justin Kirk
Cons: Mediocre CGI, some long speeches.

I had read, heard about and seen 30 second clips of various productions of the 7 plus hour theatrical versions of Tony Kushner's 1993 ANGELS IN AMERICA. I knew Robert Altman was once trying to direct it and there were other attempts to film it which ...

Pros: outstanding cast, brilliant performances, wonderful visuals
Cons: none

This was a surreal and visual experience that crossed between the apocalypse and total redemption. The one point I must make, first thing, is this: if you’ve never colored outside the lines and your outlook is fairly regimented, then I wouldn’t suggest ...

Pros: Incredibly good cast, acting, writing, photography, and special effects.
Cons: None that I can think of.

ANGELS IN AMERICA, the cable TV mini-series version of the Broadway play -- actually two Broadway plays (subtitled Millennium Approaches and Perestroika) shown with the same ensemble six months apart in 1993 -- done with a all-star cast chockablock with ...

Pros: Good acting, some humor
Cons: Boring and pointless, unlikeable characters

This is one of those "artsy fartsy" films that you'll either love or hate. While the first reviewer is in the love category, I'm in the opposite. I'm one of the common folk who prefer the likes of Spiderman and Star Wars over excessively dramatic ...