Angel is both a sly take on the melodramatic films of another era -- imagine sets and scenery out of The Magnificent Ambersons, for example -- and a spoof of contemporary celebrity, among other things.
Angel (2007)
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins
Theatrical Release: 2007
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Romola Garai, Charlotte Rampling, Lucy Russell, Michael Fassbender, Sam Neill
Reviews
Angel seems like a collection of misjudgements that required much effort, but with little satisfaction for that effort
[Ozon is] too tony now for the vaguely subversive pastiches with which he made his mark.
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Sporting an excellent performance by a very promising young actress, this is a film that forces you to pay attention. More than that, it's fulfills the first requirement of any good movie: it's one you'll want to watch again.
Ozon instead crafts the anti-Disney story about a self-centered, unsophisticated brat who treats everyone badly just because she can crank out chick lit with a surprising lack of effort.
The fullest expression of Ozon's obsessions, but what kind of audience would accept Angel on those terms remains to be seen.


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