The Angel Levine

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Melissa L @Agent99 Oct 1 I thought it started out promising, but the promise was left unfulfilled. See more Zsófia S @RT33186703 04/01/2025 It's just boring. It's not that similar to the original short story, which is okay, but this movie could have been shorter. It's just pure boredom. See more John K @RT47520732 02/14/2023 Saw it recently on YouTube after reading a favorable review back in 1970, lol! It was interesting, more than slightly dated like a lot of movies from that era, and could have used tighter editing, the Gloria Foster character was curiously not necessary, a two person play one hour long would have been better. See more Zusu B @RT95802544 01/16/2023 Vacuous and often filled with trivial moments. There is no hope in the Angel Levine, just drudgery and anger. See more 02/13/2022 A nice script, not great acting. An old Jewish man who takes care of his frail wife is visited by an angel, a former criminal who just died. The angel is to help him, and it's clear that they can up help one another. The arguments between the man and the angel touch on race, social standing, religion, life and death. Mr. Levine, the angel, dwells on what he made of his life while he was alive. Morris, the old man, struggles to believe in the angel, and in God in general, after several years of misfortune. A theological debate that is kept mostly vague and ambiguous, and within Morris's apartment. The acting is overall contrived; over theatrical. Ida Kamińska does a good job playing the wife, bedridden old woman who can be rather smothering and demanding at times. All the long lines in Hebrew without any subtitles are not the most polite thing to do to an audience. All in all, not a pleasant movie, more like a rough theater play. An interesting tale that may provoke some thoughts but is not enough to make a great movie. See more 04/10/2020 Delightful tale similar to the mystical world one enters in the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Belafonte's angel is more of a dybbuk. Treat to see Mostel, Kaminska & Belafonte together. Really, a morality tale in the style of the Yiddish theatre. As with Harry Potter, if its new to you just suspend your common sense and go along on a lovely fantasy. Well worth the effort. Shouldn't be so obscure. Glad to see its getting some airtime. See more Read all reviews

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