SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

d-00278 I guess every man wants a Angel A. She's so pretty,considerate and do everything he says. Andre's a loser by any standards and Angel comes down from heaven to save his life. It won't happen actually but the film makes it come true. I love the film so much that I took the poster as my wallpaper of my phone.

artpf André, a small-time ex-convict, seems to owe money to everyone in Paris, including a crime boss who promises to kill him if he doesn't repay him by midnight. After failing to find protection from the American embassy and the French police, a despairing André scrambles onto a bridge over the Seine, intending to leap to his death. He is surprised to see a tall, beautiful girl clinging to a rail on the same bridge, apparently preparing to end her life as well. She jumps, and he jumps too, suddenly resolving to save her life. After scrambling ashore, she tells him her name is Angel-A. Together, they take a cruise on the Seine, repay André's creditors, visit a Parisian nightspot, and more, as Angel-A helps André. He learns that for this purpose she has fallen out of the sky and into his life. André finds himself falling in love with this mysterious beauty.She's hot, he's a dork. The film is black and white. Very atmospheric and very French. Paris is lovely. The sets are gorgeous. It's a funny romantic comedy that's worth a watch.

Mike B A quirky drama – sci-fi –thriller, romance ... set in Paris which forms a tremendous backdrop to this black and white movie. Sometimes I didn't know whether to look at the scenery or pay attention to the dialogue which is very fast-paced – to the point of being unrelenting. It's a good performance by Jamel Debbouze who gets involved in a very peculiar relation with Rie Rasmussen. Sometimes this works, at other times it just seems a little too flashy and over the top. The main character (played by Jamel Debbouze) has a truck-load of problems and the resolutions to some of them are just a little too neat.Nevertheless the two main characters do enthrall us with the Parisian backdrop.

Tim Kidner I love my World cinema and hats off, with all sincerity to Luc Besson for keeping Angel A totally French. He obviously has the talent and clout to be Mr Hollywood, if he so wished.I also love my romantic and fresh French New Wave and most in-between. I particularly like Monsieur Besson when he's doing action, Hollywood style but with that Gallic twist. I must admit, after seeing this, I prefer that side of his creative brilliance. The Fifth Element is one of my all-time favourite sci-fi's, Leon is just brilliant and Nikita is true guilty pleasure personified but with that added 'spice'. The German 'Wings Of Desire' by Wim Wenders, from 1987 is a classic comparison, but where Angel A tries so hard and maybe too hard, Wings Of does it majestically, silently, gracefully. Less is much more, in this case. I still enjoyed Angel A and in particular the disparity between the angel Angela and Andre, the debt-ridden unfortunate she is sent to 'save'. There is also some relevant updating as to what Paris is and maybe has become.Much has been vaunted of the cinematography and one has to admire a director contemplating monochrome these days. Wings Of Desire shares Angel A's black & white but with occasional colour, and whilst some beautifully evocative Parisian scenes in Besson's film are magical, the clinical cleanliness of modern digital black & white saps emotion and feeling (I'm a photographer, myself). A slight graininess and a few foggy mornings to add that missing element of magical fantasy would have done a lot for this film.However, I did find the finale both very moving, but baffling also. It's almost that the ending was rushed or the story ran out of ideas. I'm afraid it didn't make me wonder too much. Explaining further would add a spoiler, but I hope others who have seen Angel A might agree. Awarding only 6/10 seems harsh, certainly to me, but a seven would elevate it to films that are simply better.