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Angels in America (2003)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:9
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Synopsis: In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters... In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear its ugly head. Getting sicker by the minute, Prior Walter is abandoned by his tormented lover, Louis (Ben Shenkman); deluded lawyer Roy Cohn (Al Pacino) is visited by Ethel Rosenberg (Meryl Streep), a woman he helped to condemn; and the pill-popping Harper (Mary-Louis Parker) is on the verge of losing her sanity when she realizes that her husband, Joe (Patrick Wilson), is a closet homosexual. Like the best works of art, Nichols' production doesn't merely reflect a particular chapter in America's history. It floats deeper, into a world where everyday feelings are elevated to a spiritual realm. Already hailed as a modern classic, ANGELS IN AMERICA is one of the medium's crowning achievements. [More]
Starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk
Starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Wilson, Michael Gambon, James Cromwell, Simon Callow
Director: Mike Nichols
Director: Mike Nichols
Screenwriter: Tony Kushner
Producer: Celia D. Costas
Composer: Thomas Newman
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Reviews for Angels in America
This is serious storytelling that rambles badly, slips in some humour here and there, and cleverly brings out the harsh realities of the Reagan era.
The whole thing is a smorgasbord for dramaturgs and analytical minds. .. [But also] the story itself, taken at face value, is riveting.
What comes through glowingly...is Kushner’s poetic dialogue and Nichols evokes strong performances all the way around.
For those who never had the privilege of witnessing one of the great theatrical events of the 20th century, HBO Films kindly fills them in after the fact.
Although it opens with perhaps the most sensual depiction of gay male attraction ever presented in a mainstream film, Part 2 fails to soar.
Only the third hour of Sunday’s highly anticipated HBO miniseries opener is heaven sent, setting the stage for next weekend’s Part 2.
... the plays were very important and some of the best work I saw on the stage in the 1990's. And I think Mike Nichols does a very faithful adaptation ...
HBO’s two-part, six hour epic adaptation of Tony Kushner’s “Angels In America” is a tour-de-force of masterful storytelling, with a stellar cast and vital theming.
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