NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

videorama-759-859391 Angel had potential to be a good movie. What we have instead is a remarkably tame movie, considering it's subject, it's only real violent scene, is a shower slaying. We really have no depth of characters, though larger than life (Shawn and Calhoun-both great) and likable. John Diehl, solid, is the nutter doing them, where it ends in a showdown between Angel, well acted by Wilkes, and our psycho sicko killer who makes love to nude corpses, and sucks the yolks out of raw eggs. This is like a substitute description for his lack of written character, who we detest, and Diehl plays well with the hand he's dealt, though Angel could of been much more. Still it is a fun watch, colourful so so drama, thanks to it's quirky street characters, plus adding some spice to it, is standout Cliff Gorman, as the caring cop, though he won't admit or show it. What's up with that? Angels suffers because of it's shallow depth of it's poorly written characters. It's not a badly made film. It would of been better to go into more of Angel's background, so we'd have a better understanding of her character, we wanted to know so much more about, and that goes for all the other characters. So we're left with another cheesy exploitation B grader, that spawned three more sequels. Susan Tyrell is great as Angel's uncouth/punk haired, aspiring painter-landlord.

alu12012 I was wondering if anyone knows what the actresses names are in the gym change room scene.The one telling them what to do ? any info Please.I am in love with the scene.I can not say enough about it( Incredible ) That girl the brunette is super built up top and Gorgeous.I can not forget about The Main Girl Gorgeous Donna Wilkes.Thank you There is a web site for the film at www. sorry this link is not in working order or has expired.This stinks I really liked it it ( The Link ) it had a lot of information about the film.

Scott LeBrun "Angel" is a classic of its era, a trash favourite with an effectively exploitative concept, of a 15 year old honour student, Molly Stewart, played by the lovely Donna Wilkes, who walks Hollywood Boulevard at night as a hooker named Angel. She DOES want more out of life, and actually is just doing whatever she can to support herself with her actual parents nowhere in sight. She still has a loving family of sorts, albeit a highly unconventional one made up of colourful characters like drag queen Mae (Dick Shawn), faded cowboy actor Kit Carson (Rory Calhoun), and butch lesbian landlord (the inimitable Susan Tyrrell). She will need to rely on these people when an extremely creepy necrophiliac killer (a pre-'Miami Vice' John Diehl) is butchering Angel's fellow prostitutes. "Angel" may not be exploitative as some fans may wish it to be, but it's still awfully hard to resist, especially with those striking scenes set on the Boulevard and a soundtrack featuring a theme song, "Something Sweet", performed by The Allies. There's a fair amount of comedy, often thanks to Shawn and Tyrrell; however, while Shawn camps it up a bit, he does invest the character with some dignity and appeal even while so outrageously attired. In fact, the movie hits its emotional peaks quite well. The theme of abandonment by parents gives the movie some poignancy and Wilkes really scores in the scenes where she's required to give the exposition / back story, and one can really sympathize with the Angel character. She actually does a pretty convincing job of playing about a decade years younger than she was at the time. Cliff Gorman is likewise engaging as Lt. Andrews, the compassionate detective who develops a concern for Angel's welfare. Calhoun is an absolute hoot, as is Tyrrell. A number of familiar faces appear in other roles big and small: Elaine Giftos ("Gas!", "The Student Nurses") is the kindly school counsellor, John Carpenter regular Peter Jason the jovial john, Steven M. Porter is the street entertainer Yo-Yo Charlie, Gene Ross ("Don't Look in the Basement", "Halloween 4") is the vice cop, and Ross Hagen an urban cowboy. Diehl is memorable as the psycho, uttering not a word until his final scene. Viewers will appreciate the breast shots, although the shower sequence where we see some full frontal nudity is awfully fleeting. Generally agreeable and entertaining, "Angel" moves along very well to its inevitable ending; it would be followed by a few sequels in the years to come. Eight out of 10.

edwagreen She was an A student by day and a hooker at night. Living the life of a lie, when in fact, her mother had abandoned her 3 years before, Angel has taken to the street to make a living for herself. On the way, she has met a variety of characters and unfortunately there is a psychopathic killer on the loose who murders 2 of her hooker friends.We have a first rate cast here led by Ms. Wilkes, as our heroine, Rory Calhoun,as Kit Carson who relives his days of long ago on the strip as well as Susan Tyrrell, a foul-mouthed character along with Dick Shawn, who portrays a transvestite quite effectively. Cliff Gorman plays a very understanding police officer.There is action. There is drama, especially when Angel's secret life is discovered and she is humiliated in school. She then goes on a death hunt when May, her friend, is stabbed to death.This is a surprisingly interesting and good film.