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Michael

Name: Michael
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1996-12-25
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 5.715

★ 5,7 /10 (694 Votes)

1996 EN 105 min

Overview

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

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Release date

25/12/1996

Votes

694

Popularity

3.3

He's an angel... Not a saint.

Genres

Comedy Drama Fantasy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

105 min

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$119,700,000

John Travolta

Michael

Andie MacDowell

Dorothy Winters

William Hurt

Frank Quinlan

Bob Hoskins

Vartan Malt

Robert Pastorelli

Huey Driscoll

Jean Stapleton

Pansy Milbank

Teri Garr

Judge Esther Newberg

Wallace Langham

Bruce Craddock

Joey Lauren Adams

Anita

Carla Gugino

Bride

Tom Hodges

Groom

Catherine Lloyd Burns

Evie

Richard Schiff

Italian Waiter

Calvin Trillin

Sheriff

Donald J. Lee Jr.

Court Bailiff

JoAnn Fregalette Jansen

Tammy

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David Harrod

Mal

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Jane Lanier

Suzanne

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John Hussey

Minister

Margaret Travolta

Reporter #1

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David M. Bernstein

Reporter #2

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Betsy Sokolow-Sherman

Reporter #3

Tracey A. Doyle

Reporter #4

Blue Deckert

Joe

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Deborah Nunez

Woman #1

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Dell Aldrich

Woman #2

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Kay Colvin

Woman #3

James N. Harrell

Old Geezer #1

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Peyton E. Park

Old Geezer #2

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Dianne Dreyer

Jennifer

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Tim Harrison

Slacker #1

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Daniel Mimura

Slacker #2

Mark Nutter

Counterman

Thomas F. Evans

Reporter

Stephen Bruton

Musician in Bar (uncredited)

Dominic Paolo Testa

Motorist (uncredited)

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Bull (uncredited)

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***Testifies to the JOY of living itself*** Michael, excellently portrayed by John Travolta, is an unorthodox Archangel enjoying his last mission (vacation?) to Earth. A supermarket tabloid from Chicago sends a team to Iowa to get a story and pictures; after discovering that he's a real angel they naturally want to bring him back to the big city. What works best is that the story is essentially a fun-spirited road movie. William Hurt, Andie MacDowell and Robert Pastorelli have an exceptional time meeting Michael and trying to escort him back to Chicago. Michael acts like a tourist having…

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Andie MacDowell was once the most adorable person in Hollywood wasn't she? And I mean that as it utterly charming. And the same goes for her performance here, she turns up the charm and does her best to sell the role. But, unfortunately, Travolta (fresh from his Pulp Fiction rebirth) is playing his Vincent Vega role in the comedy and is entirely out of place throughout it. Really, if you are a Travolta fan you should just watch Pulp Fiction, it's basically him doing the same thing in a film where it works and feels appropriate. Here, well, here you just have Andie MacDowell attempting…

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