Michael
by Nora Ephron
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Actor: Andie MacDowell, Bob Hoskins, John Travolta, Robert Pastorelli, William HurtDirector: Nora Ephron
Brand: TRAVOLTA,JOHN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-06-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Michael
Movie Review: Quirky Angel
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a sweet twist on the romantic comedy. The Archangel, Michael, comes to help two lost souls find each other on a bet. What's fun about this movie is that the angel is far from the feminine flowery images that people often have about angels. Michael quotes from John and Paul (The apostles? No! The Beatles!), has an indepth talk about life with a dog in which he gives the advice, "Remember, Sparky, no matter what they tell you, you can never have enough sugar," and has a penchant for campy roadside attractions such as the world's largest ball of twine and the world's largest non-stick frying pan. Don't expect theology. Just relax and go along for the ride.
Summary of Michael
After the box-office success of Phenomenon, John Travolta continued to charm audiences with this 1996 comedy-fantasy in which he plays a grubby angel who's got one last good deed to do before heading back to heaven. Living peacefully in the rural Iowa home of an old, friendly motel owner (Jean Stapleton), the winged Michael (Travolta) is hardly the image of a perfect angel. He's scruffy, unshaven, eats sweetened cereal by the box-full and chain-smokes all day long. But when tabloid reporters (William Hurt, Robert Pastorelli) learn of Michael's alleged existence and head to Iowa to check him out, Michael soon realizes that it's his task to see that Hurt falls in love with an "angel expert" (Andie MacDowell) and breaks free from his habitually cynical attitude. There's more to the story, of course (and Chasing Amy fans will recognize Joey Lauren Adams as a waitress who charms the angel), but Michael is more about the effect that this enchanting angel has on the earthbound humans around him. Whether he's chipping away at Hurt's skepticism or attracting a crowd of women on a truck-stop dance floor, Michael is an enchanting figure, and Travolta plays him with just the right tone of humor, reverence, and effervescent charm. Sure, it's lightweight fluff, but director Nora Ephron specializes in lightweight fluff, and Michael is the kind of feel-good movie that never wears out its welcome. --Jeff ShannonTabloid reporters go to investigate reports that an angel is living in Iowa and imagine their surprise when they indeed do find an angel.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 8-FEB-2005
Media Type: DVD
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