Michael (Snap Case)
by Nora Ephron
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Actor: Andie MacDowell, Bob Hoskins, John Travolta, Robert Pastorelli, William HurtDirector: Nora Ephron
Brand: TRAVOLTA,JOHN
Writer: Nora Ephron
Producer: Alan B. Curtiss
Producer: Delia Ephron
Writer: Delia Ephron
Producer: Donald J. Lee Jr.
Writer: Jim Quinlan
Writer: Peter Dexter
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-06-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Michael (Snap Case)
Movie Review: "Michael" testifies to the JOY of living itself
Summary: 5 Stars
Now I don't for an instant classify "Michael" as a 5-Star masterpiece as, say, "Apocalypse Now" (the original), but it's definitely a great flick for its genre (romantic comedy/road movie). I don't know exactly what I was expecting -- another boring 'chick flick' perhaps -- but "Michael" really surprised me. My wife and I had a great time watching it -- lots of laughs and, if you look careful enough, even some profundities.
Michael, who is excellently portrayed by John Travolta, is an unorthodox Archangel enjoying his last mission (vacation?) to Earth. A supermarket tabloid from Chicago sends a team to Iowa to get a story and pictures; after discovering that he's a real angel they naturally want to bring him back to the big city.
What works best is that the story is essentially a fun-spirited road movie (I'm a sucker for road movies). William Hurt, Andie MacDowell and Robert Patorelli have an exceptional time meeting Michael and trying to escort him back to Chicago. Michael acts like a tourist having the time of his life, humorously wanting to see those silly little 'attractions' we see dispersed across the countryside (e.g. "the world's biggest non-stick frying pan," etc.) -- you know, the ones most of us adults roll our eyes at.
Lots of fun things and miracles take place along the way (e.g. women are naturally attracted to Michael, bar fight, bull fight, etc.); you should discover them for yourself when watching the film. What struck me the most about Michael is that he had a true spirit of JOY. The simple joy-of-living-itself was all over him; and this naturally had a big impact on all the people around him. This is something most of us could learn from Michael.
I was pleasantly surprised; "Michael" is fun, not just another run-of-the-mill 'chick flick' (in other words, guys will enjoy it too). Recommended.
Summary of Michael (Snap Case)
Tabloid 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
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 Shannon
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