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Date with an Angel

1987 · 105 min

A gentle, silly romantic fantasy that mixes slapstick comedy with a bittersweet undertow, easy to watch and occasionally touching.

Directed by
Tom McLoughlin
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Tagline
Jim is about to marry a princess... but he's in love with an angel.
Overview
Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!

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Directed by
Tom McLoughlin
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • faith
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism3
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, fantasy, romance, science fiction
Directed by
Tom McLoughlin
Written by
Tom McLoughlin
Starring
Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Béart, David Dukes, Phillip Brock, Albert Macklin, Peter Kowanko, Vinny Argiro
Music
Randy Kerber
Cinematography
Alex Thomson
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Italian, English, Portuguese

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