Angel Baby
by Michael Rymer
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Actor: Colin Friels, Daniel Daperis, Deborra-Lee Furness, Jacqueline McKenzie, John LynchDirector: Michael Rymer
Cinematographer: Ellery Ryan
Writer: Michael Rymer
Editor: Dany Cooper
Producer: Jonathan Shteinman
Producer: Timothy White
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1998-10-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Studio: Republic Pictures
VHS Movie Reviews of Angel Baby
Movie Review: I NEVER CRIED SO HARD FOR CHARACTER IN A MOVIE!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good movie. The relationship between these two is so childlike and so funny at the begining. These are two people suffering from things beyond their control and trying to make a life for themselves. I'll give away the movie if I try to give any kind of serious review.
Lets just say, I no longer have the film because a friend refuses to give it back. Now, I have to buy a new one. This is the best movie I have ever seen and it broke my heart.
Movie Review: A Superb Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I was lucky enough to get to see this film in my college psychology class.
It truly is a heartbreaking and beautiful love story involving two mentally ill individuals. This is rarely a story that is told; usually mentally ill people are darkly portrayed.
It was great to see a movie about such pure love. It has a strong message to it.
Love CAN change you, but it CAN'T always fix you.
Angel Baby gives you a different outlook on mentally ill people, and any film that does that I hold in very high regard.
The acting performances are superb. John Lynch is perfect on every level. The direction and screenplay are top notch.
I cannot think of a better movie dealing with both the good and bad sides of being mentally ill.
I wish there were more movies like this.
Angel Baby is a raw moving and honest look at two mentally ill people who are deeply in love.
A+
Movie Review: DVD, Please.
Summary: 5 Stars
John Lynch is one of my very favorite actors, I think he's just amazing. This is his greatest performance, and his best movie. It works on every level - acting, script, music, direction - never sinking to "Aw, aren't they CUTE?" as so many romances about "challenged" people do.And it's surprisingly funny.
Highly recommended.
Movie Review: worst case scenario
Summary: 4 Stars
this is a brilliant australian film which deals with a love story between two people who suffer from schizophrenia. their love is strong and unbreakable and is portrayed amazingly by both Lynch and McKenzie. they get pregnant and that's when the saddness of the film starts to build. in order for the baby to survive she has to stop taking her medication. both stopped and taking their medication and it leads to some painful events. their hope doesn't die and it's amazing how they hang on. there is a scene when both of them are standing by a bridge looking down at the sea and you can sense how the wish to end their life is written on their faces. but all of a sudden McKenzie starts flapping her hands and immitating a seagull and Lynch joins her. their will to live is stronger now they they are creating a life and even though they are caged within their minds and not free as a seagull they have to make it. it's a beautiful and unique love story told in a simple way but that's what make it more effective.Movie Review: Run and Hide!
Summary: 4 Stars
Strong performances from the leads John Lynch and Jacqueline McKenzie give this film its power. Lynch has a face that's perpetually aching, and McKenzie's defiance blows through. The main characters meet at a "clubhouse" for the mentally ill, and soon fall in love. With the blessing of their doctors and the reservations of their family, they move in together. Naturally, complications arise when Kate (McKenzie) gets pregnant - limiting her access to her medications. Omens, good and bad, come from Australia's version of the "Wheel of Fortune" gameshow.
McKenzie and Lynch really carry this film, which suffers slightly from the minor missteps of an ambitious first-time director. Top-notch character actors, such as Colin Friels, are wasted when secondary roles are written into the script and then neglected. The foreshadowing, especially from the soundtrack, is pretty heavy-handed. Nevertheless, the care given by the director and the actors to the central love-story makes this a compelling drama.
Highly recommended for fans of Australian cinema, and those who like stories that challenge the conventional ideas of romance.
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