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City Of Angels [VHS] [1998]
  

City Of Angels [VHS] [1998]

VHS ~ Nicolas Cage
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore
  • Directors: Brad Silberling
  • Writers: Dana Stevens, Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger, Wim Wenders
  • Producers: Alan Glazer, Arnon Milchan, Charles Newirth
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 21 Jun 1999
  • Run Time: 109 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004RXJY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,435 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Some critics complained that City of Angels could never compare to Wim Wenders's exquisite German film Wings of Desire, which served as the later film's primary inspiration. The better argument to make is that any such comparisons are beside the point, because Wings of Desire was a much more deeply poetic, artfully contemplative film, whereas City of Angels is an enchanting product of mainstream Hollywood. Meg Ryan stars as Dr Maggie Rice, a heart surgeon who is grieving over a lost patient when an angel named Seth (Nicolas Cage) appears to comfort her. She can see him despite the "rule" that angels are invisible and Seth's love for Maggie forces him to choose between angelic immortality and a normal human existence on earth with her. Featuring heavenly roles for TV veterans Andre Braugher and Dennis Franz, the film liberally borrows imagery from Wings of Desire, but it also creates its own charming identity. Cage and Ryan give fine performances as lovers convinced they are soul mates, and although the plot relies on a last-minute twist that doesn't quite work, this earnest love story struck a chord with audiences and proved to be one of the surprise hits of 1998. --Jeff Shannon


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An angel falls in love with a doctor...

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Longingly Romantic and Human, 11 Jan 2003
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This review is from: City Of Angels [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
Nicolas Cage gives a wonderful performance as Seth, an Angel who falls in love and begins to long for the ability to express that love. Seth is an Angel who helps the dead cross over and in some respects this film resembles the 1930's film "Death Takes a Holiday" with Frederick March and Evelyn Veneble.

Meg Ryan is Maggie, the doctor who is the object of Seth's affection. She somehow sences his prescence when trying to save one of her patients and he is touched and bewildered by her. Andre Braugher steals every scene he is in as Seth's fellow Angel and friend. They all hang out at the library and gather every morning at the beach to see the sunrise and hear the singing of heaven. Dennis Franz has a fine turn as a patient in Maggie's hospital who knows Seth is there because he to was once an Angel.
This provides Seth with a way to truly love Maggie if he can find the courage to leave heaven behind, and just, fall.

This is one of the most romantic movies of recent years and has a message about the wonderful things we all take for granted. More than that, it is a story about the importace of love, even one felt for only a moment, for it is that experience which makes us special among all creation.

I will not ruin the last portion of this film if you have not seen it, but as we all know there is a price we pay for being human. This film is for anyone who has ever loved someone as Seth does, who would trade all eternity for just one breath of her hair. This is a truly memorable film you will watch over and over.

Films like this are rarely made anymore and this is one to cherish. You will never forget the line, "When they ask me what I liked best...I'll say it was You"..........

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars City of Angels - Almost Perfect.......Almost., 20 Aug 2003
By Mr. David Anderson (London, Kent United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: City Of Angels [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
I stumbled across this film....as you do. However since then I have been thinking about it, so profoundly touched I have been by it. The scene where the song Angels is played I have played over and over. Rarely has a film touched my very soul as this. I confess to being a hopeless romantic but in my mind there is not enough of that in the world. City of Angels makes you glad to be human and have the capacity to love and be loved and to recognise the concept of sacrifice within it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favourite film in the whole wide world, 1 April 2003
This review is from: City Of Angels [VHS] [1998] (VHS Tape)
My most favourite film deserves 10 stars. Definitely, absolutely amazing film.

Touching to the heart, deep and emotional, true and genuine and totally romantic.

Anyone with a full heart will feel true emotion while watching this movie.

Soundtrack is beautiful too. The acting captures you.
If you want to dream in a land far away, watch this movie, and dream a little dream.

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3.0 out of 5 stars So, So
I recently watched this film the other day as it was showing on T.V. I found myself enjoying it to an extent, the only reason I sat through it though was because my mum had told... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Amy Bond

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST LOVE STORY EVER!!!
Staring nicolas cage and meg ryan .Two of the best actors in film history come togever to make one of the best (chick flicks) ever. Read more
Published 5 months ago by K. J. Dorgan

2.0 out of 5 stars The ending sucks big time
Yes, sugary sweet lovey-dovey tissue-grabbing sobfest of a romantic drama. That it is for certain. However, it's plodding along just nicely and especially if you're watching with... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tom Timmermans

5.0 out of 5 stars City of Angels CD - review
Excellent, real pull on the heart strings, and comforting to those of us who have lost someone close. The music is beautiful and i bought the soundtrack CD too. Read more
Published 8 months ago by H. Mobbs

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Interpretation
City of Angels is a wonderful adaptation of the original in that it presents an alternative perspective of the incredible "Wings of Desire" and is so different in it's approach... Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. S. Ebrey

4.0 out of 5 stars Very touching
I'll be honest; I love this type of film. I can suspend reality for a couple of hours and really get hooked on things like the supernatural and other worldly experiences. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Baggiesfaninessex

1.0 out of 5 stars Film about angels = hell on earth
I can scarcely believe that anyone took this movie seriously, principally because of Nicolas Cage's (par-for-the-course) appalling acting.. Read more
Published 16 months ago by amabush

5.0 out of 5 stars City of Angels
a wonderful love story, beautifully filmed and delicately acted.

blubbed like a baby all the way though.

Romance is not dead.
Published 16 months ago by Ninette Kelly

1.0 out of 5 stars Too sugary sweet for me
An angel of death (Nicolas Cage) falls in love with a surgeon (Meg Ryan) and wishes he were a real man.

I like love stories, but this was just too corny for me. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Kona

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
This film has profoundly touched and moved me in a big way. It amazes me that I always end up crying every time I watch it (I have seen it countless times - but then I'm a big... Read more
Published 21 months ago by J. Knight

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