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We're No Angels

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We're No Angels (1989)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:9

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Two escaped convicts on the run (Robert De Niro and Sean Penn) try to outsmart the law by masquerading as priests. Their goal is to find a way into Canada before they are discovered. The plan is... Two escaped convicts on the run (Robert De Niro and Sean Penn) try to outsmart the law by masquerading as priests. Their goal is to find a way into Canada before they are discovered. The plan is complicated, however, when one of them falls in love with a hot-tempered woman (Demi Moore) with some unanswered prayers of her own. This updating of the 1955 Humphrey Bogart film of the same name was scripted by playwright David Mamet. [More]

Starring: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton

Starring: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Ray McAnally, John C. Reilly, Wallace Shawn

Director: Neil Jordan

Director: Neil Jordan
Screenwriter: David Mamet
Producer: Art Linson
Composer: George Fenton

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Feb 17, 2004

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Lawrence.com

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Jamie Gillies

This, one of the most disappointing films of the 1980s, was a dud upon its release and has not held up well at all.

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Ken Hanke

One of Jordan's rare misfires.

comment Comment | Sep., 11 2003 08:15 AM

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Fred Topel

Boring fish out of water story. No laugh out loud moments.

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Phil Villarreal

Falls short of its potential, but a fun lark nonetheless.

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