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Summary: Someone must of missed something. this is a GOOD movie
Review: I will no longer let theater reviews move my wants to see a movie. I read the reviews and didn't go see it. waited till it came out on dvd, then rented it....now i own it. Somebody must of missed something...or is missing a piece of their heart not to of liked this movie. I admit it... i cried. And at the end i was lil surprized....it was actually a happy ending....which i didn't think it would be. If you like movies like Pay it Forward or what dreams may come....then you will like this one.
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Summary: Very Fresh, Original, Well Done; Caught Us by Surprise
Review: Hubby and I weren't expecting much when we put this movie on the DVD player but, boy, were we caught by surprise. Jennifer Lopez and James Caviezel do an outstanding job as the two romantic leads in this urban drama. Director Luis Mandoki also shines in pointing the spotlight at a family domestic violence problem that has left Lopez's character, Chicago cop Sharon Pogue, sealed off from her own family for turning her father in for his acts against her mother. Worse, her brother seems to be emulating the father yet the family still blames the daughter for blowing the whistle. Mandoki captures perfectly this entire subgenre of domestic law and doesn't resolve it sappily. Caviezel's character Catch does not have a violent bone in his body. He is a very gentle man, a musician, who leads a life as an urban knight, helping those in distress. He seems to have no visible means of support, doesn't work and lives in an apartment with no furniture. It all ultimately makes sense though as Catch has a tragedy in his past that makes oblivion to it seem his only recourse. These two hurting souls come together in this film in a very believable, non-cliche fashion. I'd never heard of the film and now I'm not surprised. It was just too good to make much of a stir.
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Summary: A Beautiful Romantic Drama
Review: "Angel Eyes" garnered mixed reviews from the critics, but I really loved this movie. There is perfect chemistry between Jennifer Lopez's and Jim Caviezel's characters. Their moments together are intense, sweet and passionate to watch. More than just a love story, its message is also about accepting and embracing life despite all its imperfections and to look beyond the past, however painful it has been.Jim Caviezel's a great actor and has very beautiful, expressive eyes. Am looking forward to watching his upcoming movie,
a(nother) remake of "The Count of Monte Cristo" where he plays the lead, Edmund Dantes. All in all, "Angel Eyes" is a great love story (with a happy ending, thankfully..). Highly recommended!
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Summary: one of my favorite movies of 2001...
Review: I highly recommend this movie if you like romantic comedies. This is a cute, giddy story about a guy who lives through something tragic...and comes across a woman who turns his life back around and sees the light. A very touching story with very cute parts. Without a doubt 5 stars.
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Summary: a great film
Review: jennifer does an excellent acting job in this dramatic film. I loved the acting and good script.The story deals with jennifer being a cop and meating someone that she has metin the past,but does not know who he is.The film keeps you entertained and thats what makes this a good film
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Summary: Much Better Than You'd Believe
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WOW! I haven't enjoyed a movie so much since 'The Contender', or maybe 'Out of Sight'.
This movie is not at all what I expected, or even what the movie blurb leads you to believe. It's one of those great movies that has a plot you can't predict. You don't know how this movie is going to end and you don't know where it's going. But it's just enjoyable and intriguing to see the two lead characters reveal themselves and develop. A really mature, well-written script, both funny, sassy, courageous, and poignant. I don't know where they got the hokey title; they must have grabbed it out of a hat. But don't be fooled, the packaging has mismarketed an unusually good story. It's not a date movie; the movie deals with deep emotional issues, but thankfully in an uncliched way. Events play out fairly honestly. 'Angel Eyes' neither cheats its audience nor preaches.
And Guess what? Jennifer Lopez really can act, and not just as herself. I was coerced into seeing 'The Wedding Planner' right before this one and the difference in both the script and her acting is HUGE. Jennifer Lopez has earned her acting chops (and thankfully she's better in this field than in the musical one).
Great directing, great casting, great acting. Five out of five for 'Angel Eyes'.
If you like this movie you may want to see 'Deja Vu' or maybe 'The Sixth Sense', which is similar to this movie in tone. Don't worry, I haven't given the plot away. ; )
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Summary: A very good movie
Review: I did not expect this movie to be as good as it was. Jennifer Lopez is also a better actress than I thought. She shows here that, given a good role, she can act. She is definitely not Meryl Streep, but let's face it, no one is. And she is better-looking. Anyway, the movie is good. It is slow at first, but eventually you get interested on the story. Although not a great movie, it's good enough to recommend it.
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: Possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. The acting is so-so, the script is week and it lacks continuity...do not purchase...
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Summary: Great Movie, DONT LISTEN TO WHAT OTHERS SAY
Review: Jennifer Lopez is the real thing, one of those rare actresses who can win our instinctive sympathy. She demonstrates that in "Angel Eyes," playing a tough cop who does everything she can to wall out the world, and yet always seems worthy of trust and care. The film's story involves the cop's skittish, arm's-length relationship with a man named Catch (Jim Caviezel), whose walls are higher than her own. Who is this Catch, anyway? He walks the streets in a long overcoat, head down, lonely, depressed, looking like one of the angels in "Wings of Desire." Once a week be brings groceries to a shut-in named Elanora (Shirley Knight). The first time he sees Sharon, the Lopez character, he stops and stares at her through a restaurant window--not with lust or curiosity, but as if he's trying to repair some lost connection. Lopez constructs Sharon, not out of spare parts from old cop movies, but in specific terms. She is a good cop from a technical point of view, firm, confident, brave. She wants to do well and punish evil, and only gradually do we learn that her orientation toward this career may have been formed early, when she called the cops on her abusive father (Victor Argo) as he beat up her mother (Sonia Braga). Her father has disowned her for that, her brother is still mad about it, and even her mother defends the man. He never did it again, after all, she argues, to which Sharon replies that perhaps he would have, if she hadn't acted. Fighting other lawbreakers may be her way of proving she was right in the first place. The movie, directed by Luis Mandoki, has intriguing opening scenes. Is this a thriller? A supernatural movie? Who do the angel eyes belong to? An angel? Or does Catch only come on like a guardian angel while reserving secrets of his own? We are still asking these questions during a stretch of the film where Sharon is staring at a gun in her face, and her life is saved by . . . Catch. They talk. It is like a verbal chess game. Catch doesn't simply answer questions, he parries them; his responses redefine the conversation, as an unexpected move changes the logic on the board. She invites him home. He pokes through drawers. She likes him. She begins to kiss him. He doesn't want to be kissed. They settle into a cat-and-mouse rhythm in which one and then the other flees, and one and then the other pursues. She follows him to his apartment. It is empty except for a futon. "This is it," he says. "I live here. I walk around town. That's it, except for how I feel about you." But how does he feel about her? "Angel Eyes" is a complex, evasive romance involving two people who both want to be inaccessible. It's intriguing to see their dance of attraction and retreat. Meanwhile, secrets about both their family situations emerge; credit the screenwriter, Gerald DiPego, for not resolving the standoff with the father with an easy payoff. There are lots of movies about cops because their lives lend themselves to excitement in a movie plot. They get involved with bad guys. They see action. They spend a lot of time drinking coffee in diners, because a booth in a diner provides an ideal rationale for a face-to-face two-shot that doesn't look awkward or violate body language. For these and other reasons "Angel Eyes" is a cop movie, but its real story doesn't involve the police, it involves damaged lives and the possibility that love can heal. Jim Caviezel, who has been in movies for 10 years, emerged in "The Thin Red Line" (1998) and then played Dennis Quaid's son--the one who contacts his father with a radio signal that travels back in time--in "Frequency." Here he has an elusive, dreamy quality, using passivity as a mask for sharp, deep emotions. Since he apparently has no desire to meet anyone, why is he so attracted to Sharon? The answer has been waiting for us since the opening scene. Lopez has a hard assignment here, remaining plausible in action scenes and touchy, slippery dialogue scenes. She and Caviezel play tricky notes, and so do the other actors, especially Victor Argo as a stubborn, hard man and Sonia Braga as his conflicted wife. The screenplay doesn't let them off the hook. And notice what simplicity and conviction the veteran Shirley Knight brings to her role, never straining for an effect, never punching up false emotions, embodying acceptance. This is a surprisingly effective film.
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Summary: What is it about J. LO?
Review: No matter who she's playing, Jennifer Lopez has the ability to draw me to the screen. I don't like her music, refuse to by her CDs, but if it's a music video or a movie, I feel compled to watch. I may not like her, but the girl knows how to speak to the cammera. Though the trailer seems a little misleading, I wasn't disappointed to find out the story was more a romance than a thriller or mystery. Jennifer has never failed to make me belive in her characters and "Angel Eyes" is no exception. ... you Miss Lopez, I want to not like your screen work, but I do.
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