- Film Review
- Reviewed By Joanna Berry
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3 out of 5
This Hollywood semi-remake of Wim Wenders's classic Wings of Desire stars Nicolas Cage as an angel inhabiting Los Angeles who falls for heart surgeon (yes, really) Meg Ryan. Will he give up his otherworldly delights - gathering with his fellow celestial beings to listen to the sunrise, reading people's thoughts - so he can "fall" to Earth and be with her? Will she realise he's not quite like other guys? And will they both drown in the slushy sentimentality of it all? Happily, not quite, thanks to a well-chosen soundtrack (Sarah McLachlan, Goo Goo Dolls) and a winning - and moving - performance from Cage that will melt the hearts of his female fans.
Plot Summary
Romantic fantasy drama based on Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire, starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. When one of her patients dies on the operating table, heart surgeon Maggie Rice is deeply affected. Seth, a guardian angel, witnesses her grief and is drawn to her but he's soon forced to choose between immortality or a future with the woman he loves.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Seth
- Nicolas Cage
- Dr Maggie Rice
- Meg Ryan
- Nathaniel Messinger
- Dennis Franz
- Cassiel
- André Braugher
- Jordan
- Colm Feore
- Anne
- Robin Bartlett
- Teresa
- Joanna Merlin
- Susan
- Sarah Dampf
- Susan's mother
- Rhonda Dotson
- Doctor
- Nigel Gibbs
Crew
- Director
- Brad Silberling
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