The Face of An Angel

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  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 1, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2014
  • Label: Screen Media

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Rating: 2/4 -- built on the intriguing idea of using a thinly fictionalized version of the notorious Amanda Knox trial to explore how real-life events are transformed into art, but the resulting film gets muddy and misguided very quickly Full Review
Q Network Film Desk
Jun 25, 2015
Rating: 2.5/4 -- There's a great deal of intelligent material here. Winterbottom mounts a harsh attack on our fascination with killers and our tendency to forget the victim. Yet it's overlaid with so much navel-gazing, it's hard to take. Full Review
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jun 19, 2015
Rating: 2/4 -- Occasionally Winterbottom delivers a haunting, effective moment, giving a hint of a different, more compelling film. But then it's back to the self-righteous, self-indulgent, muddled metaphors.
Chicago Sun-Times
Aug 14, 2015
... drains most of the suspense by downplaying the whodunit aspect of the case in favor of a heavy-handed procedural about media ethics. Full Review
Cinemalogue
Jul 1, 2015
A sprawling, often provocative exploration of the ethics and competing interests involved in the coverage of a case like Elizabeth's murder. Full Review
The Big Issue
Dec 12, 2015
Rambling, frustrating and wholly uninvolving, "The Face of an Angel" swarms with ideas that have no place to land. Full Review
New York Times
Jun 19, 2015
Like the floundering filmmaker at its center, "The Face of an Angel" never seems sure of what story it wants to tell. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Jun 18, 2015

Product Description:

Michael Winterbottom's drama THE FACE OF AN ANGEL is a fictionalized account of the Amanda Knox murder case. Daniel Bruhl stars as Thomas, a film director who wants to make a movie about an internationally infamous murder of a young American in Italy. The young woman's roommate has been convicted of the crime, but many believe that she is not guilty, and the local police did a shoddy job with the investigation. Thomas befriends a reporter (Kate Beckinsale) who has been covering the story since day one. However, the movie focuses not so much on the crime as on Thomas himself, a self-destructive cocaine-user who is trying to patch things up with his ex-partner so that he can see more of his young daughter. As he digs deeper and deeper into the confusing case, Thomas starts to suffer from disturbing nightmares, and drifts further and further away from sanity. THE FACE OF AN ANGEL screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

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  • Sales Rank: 74,328
  • UPC: 814838014111
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