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Michael (1996)

PG 12/25/1996 (US) Comedy, Drama, Fantasy 1h 45m

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He's an angel... Not a saint.

Overview

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

Nora Ephron

Director, Screenplay
Jim Quinlan

Screenplay, Story
Peter Dexter

Screenplay, Story
Delia Ephron

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

John Travolta

Michael
Andie MacDowell

Dorothy Winters
William Hurt

Frank Quinlan
Bob Hoskins

Vartan Malt
Robert Pastorelli

Huey Driscoll
Jean Stapleton

Pansy Milbank
Teri Garr

Judge Esther Newberg
Wallace Langham

Bruce Craddock
Joey Lauren Adams

Anita
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A review by Wuchak

9.0

Written by Wuchak on October 20, 2019

Testifies to the JOY of living itself

Michael, 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. William Hurt, Andie MacDowell and Robert Pastorelli have an exceptional time meeting Michael and trying to escort him back to Chicago. Michael acts like a tourist having... read the rest.

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