Angels in America

Pros: Make-Up, Casting, Production Values, Direction, Performances, Screenplay

Cons: Not really. It's long, but easily watchable in more than one installment.

The Bottom Line: The bottom line prayed to the angels for a shorter review. It got turned down.

Review: It’s been a while now since AIDS was front page news every day. A while since I saw the word “plague” used to describe the illness among gay man in America. A while since AIDS was little more than an unknown, fatal entity without adequate ...

Pros: Mainly acting, there were no weak characters. Remains relevant despite new AIDS treatments.

Cons: For some the NYC focus and open Republican hatred may be problematic.

The Bottom Line: Thirty words cannot cover a 6 hour event so packed with talent.

Review: I am writing an academic article on the film version of Angels in America and that makes it difficult to review—this is why I have put off writing an epinion about it despite having seen it originally 2 years ago and watched it several times since ...

Pros: Script,Acting,particularly Pacino, Wright and Justin Kirk

Cons: Mediocre CGI, some long speeches.

The Bottom Line: Angels is an impressive and faithful film adaptation of the important 7-1/2 hour 1993 theater event. Don't miss it.

Review: I had read, heard about and seen 30 second clips of various productions of the 7 plus hour theatrical versions of Tony Kushner's 1993 ANGELS IN AMERICA. I knew Robert Altman was once trying to direct it and there were other attempts to film it which ...

Pros: outstanding cast, brilliant performances, wonderful visuals

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: "the angels they burn inside for us
are we ever
are we ever gonna learn to fly"
~ DISHWALLA

Review: This was a surreal and visual experience that crossed between the apocalypse and total redemption. The one point I must make, first thing, is this: if you’ve never colored outside the lines and your outlook is fairly regimented, then I wouldn’t suggest ...

Pros: Incredibly good cast, acting, writing, photography, and special effects.

Cons: None that I can think of.

The Bottom Line: A monumental film version of two monumental Broadway plays. Although a grim topic, not to be missed. This will always be on lists of best movies ever.

Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, the cable TV mini-series version of the Broadway play -- actually two Broadway plays (subtitled Millennium Approaches and Perestroika) shown with the same ensemble six months apart in 1993 -- done with a all-star cast chockablock with ...

Pros: Good acting, some humor

Cons: Boring and pointless, unlikeable characters

The Bottom Line: If you love independent films and movies that require a lot of analysis, you will love it. If you're like me and can't stand such things, steer clear of this!

Review: This is one of those "artsy fartsy" films that you'll either love or hate. While the first reviewer is in the love category, I'm in the opposite. I'm one of the common folk who prefer the likes of Spiderman and Star Wars over excessively dramatic ...