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Angel Eyes (2001)

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Reviews Counted:121

Fresh:38

Rotten:83

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: Though the earlier part of the movie suggested something more, the movie turns out to be nothing more than a schmaltzy romance.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, violence and a scene of sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:May 18, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $23,761,243

Synopsis: "Angel Eyes" is a story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once,... "Angel Eyes" is a story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once, but twice.

Sharon's dedication to her job does little to compensate for the fact that she has no personal life. She has been estranged from her family for many years. Disconnected from them and from life in general, Sharon fills her days with work and her nights with her private regrets.

Somewhere in the same neighborhood a man who goes by the name of Catch is living his own half-life. A strange, haunted soul who sleeps in an empty apartment, he spends his days dispensing little gifts of goodwill to anyone in need. If it starts to rain and he notices a car window open, Catch will roll it up; if a stranger passes by, Catch will offer a smile. Twice a week he delivers groceries to a disabled woman named Elanora Davis (Shirley Knight). He and Elanora exchange the same light banter every time he stops by but she has learned not to ask him the kinds of questions he doesn't want to answer.

To most people who encounter him, Catch is an odd but harmless figure. To some, he appears dangerous, suspiciousÖthey wonder what he is up to. But Catch is indifferent to the reactions he elicits. He moves through the landscape in a kind of existential daze, performing his services automatically as though this is the only thing he was meant to do. Yet he seems to derive no real pleasure from it.

Like Sharon, Catch has no personal life.

When Sharon learns that her parents, Josephine (Sonia Braga) and Carl (Victor Argo) are planning a big party to celebrate the renewal of their wedding vows and she has not been invited, she reaches a crisis. At the same time, Sharon's investigations into her new lover's background bring up issues for him that he would do anything to avoid - even if it means never seeing her again. After years of dealing with their pain in the only way they knew how, Sharon and Catch must make some difficult decisions and risk losing each other if they are going to move forward and reclaim their lives. -- © 2001 Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Sonia Braga, Terrence Howard

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Sonia Braga, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Sisto, Victor Argo, Shirley Knight, Monet Mazur

Director: Luis Mandoki

Director: Luis Mandoki
Screenwriter: Gerald DiPego, Michael Seitzman
Producer: Mark Canton, Elie Samaha
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Studio: Warner Bros.

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The movie's ad campaign would have you believe that the couple's relationship is potentially dangerous. It's not, but it's pretty hard to swallow.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
05/18/01
Brian McTavish
Brian McTavish
Kansas City Star

Mandoki and Di Pego take too long to get the motor running and by the time they do, we've run out of patience and hitched a ride home.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/18/01
John Paul Powell
John Paul Powell
Jam! Movies

Instead of being permitted to watch two adults find each other in some believable way, the audience is subjected to a lot of extraneous nonsense.

Full Review Source: Toronto Sun | comment Comment
05/18/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Toronto Sun

Another quality product from the folks at Franchise Pictures, a production team as rigorous in its aesthetic output as the Dogme 95 dudes.

Full Review Source: IFilm | comment Comment
05/18/01
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

This second half of the movie is almost as promising as the first. But the total abandonment of the initial tone and narrative strategy feels like a bait-and-switch scam.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
05/18/01
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Even though it's easy on the eyes, this Angels's far from heavenly.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
05/18/01
E! Online

Cut through all the eerie atmospherics and ominous implications, and Angel Eyes is just another glossily romantic meditation on pain and fate.

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05/18/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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The script is obvious and conflicted.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
05/18/01
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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Too ambitious for their own good.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
05/18/01
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Features the dullest, most poorly matched romantic couple since Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron lit up the screen in Sweet November.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
05/18/01
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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The film's central mystery is rather shallow, and after teasing us for more than an hour, the 'surprise' revelations are rather underwhelming.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
05/18/01
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

Pretentious but likable.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
05/18/01
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

Putting aside her last two choices, The Cell and The Wedding Planner, it seems J.Lo can deliver when given the right material and the right director.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
05/18/01
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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A surprisingly effective film.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
05/18/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The writing is capable but never really stylish, and that's what, in spite of heavenly aspirations, keeps Angel Eyes totally earthbound.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
05/18/01
Ray Conlogue
Ray Conlogue
Globe and Mail
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The fact that the major studios do such an expert job of marketing bad movies makes it all the more distressing when they appear to have no idea how to promote a good one. Such is the case with Warner Bros.' Angel Eyes.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/18/01
Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine

Angel Eyes is worth an investment of patience, although rather less of an investment would have been a welcome thing.

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05/18/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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a leaden piece of touchy-feely melodrama about a pair of soul-scarred trauma survivors who fall in love and start tearing down the walls they've built around their hearts.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
05/18/01
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

When it's all over, "Angel Eyes" feels like an exhausting flirtation instead of a full-out seduction.

Full Review Source: Lawrence Journal-World | comment Comment
05/17/01
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Lawrence Journal-World
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05/17/01
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