CITY OF ANGELS **1/2 of **** grade is C
City Of Angels has a few problems that left me feeling very mad. I was mad because the rest of the film is very well done, and well acted. The story is light, and so well told thgat you almost forgive these errors. I didn't.
The story has Nic Cage, an angel, falling in love with Meg Ryan, a doctor, and when he appears to her she falls for him. Along the way Cage meets a guy named Mesenger, played by NYPD's Dennis Franz, who tells him that he can fall to earth and become human. Will he give up his wings?
The story also has a complication in Ryans boyfriend, who seems to show up to create a conflict than disappear. This is what I couldn't forgive in City Of Angels, the big, fatal plot manipulation. It left m dangling to upset by its disregard for us to finish its stream of thought. It seems to end in midstream, with little complication and lots of glowing acting.
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