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Wings of Desire (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 36

Fresh: 35

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 8.4/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: The sky over Wenders's war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle angels wearing trench coats who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One wishes to become mortal after... The sky over Wenders's war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle angels wearing trench coats who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the transformation by explaining the simple joys of a human experience, such as the sublime combination of coffee and cigarettes. The result is a film that is simultaneously sentimental and cerebral. [More]

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier, Nick Cave, Crime and the City Solution

Director: Wim Wenders

Director: Wim Wenders
Producer: Wim Wenders, Anatole Daumon
Screenwriter: Wim Wenders, Peter Handke
Composer: Jurgen Kneiper

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02/29/08
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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11/02/07
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Wings of Desire is one of Wenders's most stunning achievements.

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07/09/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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04/11/07
Brian Tallerico
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A gorgeous and heartbreaking look at angels in Berlin.

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03/25/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Few films are so rich, so intriguing, or so ambitious.

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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

A unique and enriching film. A film worth spending time getting to know.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/22/05
Clint Morris
Film Threat

Depending on your tastes, you'll find the film either a beautiful, moving experience, or a slow and pretentious one.

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07/20/05
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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06/20/05
Emanuel Levy
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02/15/05
Frank Swietek
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Wings of Desire enthralls me, and it sends me back to my life a richer person, glad to be alive, looking about at the mundane and the everyday with new appreciation.

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01/15/05
Jeffrey Overstreet
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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Wings of Desire is the most optimistic of films, finding freedom and potential in the quotidian privileges most of us take for granted.

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11/01/03
Michael S. Smith
PopMatters

What Wim Wenders has done in his most transcendent film is not merely praise assenting angels, but embrace descending ones – we humans – as well.

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10/29/03
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

While it takes a little getting used to, Wenders' look at Heaven and Earth and the tug between living an experience instead of merely observing is pleasantly haunting.

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10/22/03
Dan Lybarger
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10/17/03
Carol Cling
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08/21/03
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

One of the few truly great movies to come out of the '80s.

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08/05/03
Douglas Pratt
Hollywood Reporter
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A rich, mystical near-masterpiece.

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07/30/03
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Black and white and slow, but amazingly memorable and touching.

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07/22/03
Mark Robison
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