Angel Eyes (2001)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 132
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 89
Though the earlier part of the movie suggested something more, the movie turns out to be nothing more than a schmaltzy romance.
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 25
Though the earlier part of the movie suggested something more, the movie turns out to be nothing more than a schmaltzy romance.
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Jennifer Lopez stars in this gritty, emotional drama as police officer Sharon Pogue, who covers up a painful past with an anger that fuels her job performance in one of Chicago's toughest precincts. Although her partner Robby (Terrence Howard) is concerned about Sharon, she won't confide even in her closest friend. Sharon's life takes a turn, however, when she's saved from a violent assault by Catch Lambert (James Caviezel), a haunted, enigmatic do-gooder whose guardian-angel deeds make him a
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Jim Caviezel
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Terrence Howard
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Jeremy Sisto
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Victor Argo
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Monet Mazur
Kathy Pogue -
Shirley Knight
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Daniel Magder
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All Critics (137) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (92) | DVD (21)
Lopez is fairly convincing as a tough cookie by day and a lonesome soft-centre by night, but despite their best efforts, neither she nor Caviezel can fight free of the turgid script.
Top CriticTogether, Lopez and Caviezel make quite a pair. Sorrowful yet hip, they seem to be inventing a new mood: designer melancholia.
Its protagonists, their situation and its mechanical but mushy resolution are never remotely believable.
Darts back and forth from being a psychological thriller to a vaguely metaphysical drama to a fate-driven romance. Such a schema may, in the right hands, make for a powerful, all-seeing movie; here, it all becomes a blur.
The movie works because Lopez gives such a terrific performance.
Mandoki doesn't have anything new to contribute to this puree of genres.
A muddled film, part supernatural, part romantic drama, part urban thriller and not satisfying on any level.
Lopez is now such a multimedia icon that it's easy to forget that her acting skills are what earned her first major notice.
J. Lo's mass appeal will bring them in, but the mediocrity of the film won't give them much more.
Call an ambulance. This mess is in need of a bodybag.
A muddled blend of supernatural thriller, romantic melodrama, and urban police-crime, this is yet another disappointing Jennifer Lopez star vehicle--could anyone choose better roles for her?
Only in the last five minutes does Mandoki let the hammer drop. Before that, Angel Eyes is quite compelling.
Lopez's work grows layers that are then gradually stripped away, exposing a raw, naked emotional vulnerability by film's end that is quite disarming.
Angel Eyes is not a movie for watching. It is a movie for passing by and avoiding.
Even in the film's slowest stretches, there is always Jennifer Lopez to gawk at.
Viewers with a low tolerance for schmaltz may suffer; one heartfelt speech even drew nervous titters from the otherwise indulgent preview crowd.
I have to admit I don't care much for "big secret" movies, and this is one of them.
If I have a begrudging admiration for the project, it's because it stays so resolute in its refusal to follow a pattern, though I dare to question if the staunch avoidance of clichés is a virtue when it translates into no story at all.
The love story is central to the entire movie without being too cloying or sappy. Two different actors may have taken this movie to other levels, but I felt Jennifer Lopez has never been better cast in a film.
Well-acted drama that is unfortunately hampered by severe mis-marketing and a disappointing ending.
Angel Eyes probably reads better on the page; it lacks the dramatic power of really good cinema.
It is a pleasure to see Ms. Lopez expand her acting range, and to see Mr. Caviezel move into the kind of major role he deserves.
...the commanding performances by the two leads more than make up for the excessively overlong running time.
Viewers are going to feel pretty cheated if they walked in hoping to bite their nails and then left realizing they should've brought a hanky instead.
After enduring about 30 minutes of this near-deadly romantic drama, you begin to wonder where the radiant star of Selena and Out of Sight has gone to.
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