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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Turner Home Ent
Salesrank: 2705
Released: June 11, 1997 |
| Our Price: $5.48 |
| Used Price: $3.41 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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
Description 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 Shannon
Michael Reviews:
Love this movie 
2008-09-18 - I first saw this movie years ago and had the opportunity to buy it recently. I have to say this is one of the best movies I've seen. John Travola plays the part of an ArchAngel. He definetly doesn't fit the "typical" view of an angel. The story is sad and funny and has some very poingant moments. There are also lessons being taught in the movie. I've watched it twice in the last few weeks and each time I pick up things that I've missed the first time around.
Michael
2008-08-07 - One of the only movies I've ever purchased. The story is enjoyable and uplifting. Everyone is cast perfectly...even the dog.
Excellent
2008-08-01 - Great viewing and quality movie.MichaelArrived safely in Australia and played well even though we are region 4
movie
2008-07-29 - This is touching movie will melt your heart ad touch your soul!!! See John Travolta in a different role.
Quirky Angel
2008-05-12 - 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.
