Academy Award Winner, Writer Goldsman, turned Debut Director in this always Fantastical Fantasy about, well, there's the Rub, a Lot of Things.
It Manages to Cobble Together, Time Displacement, the Supernatural, the Cosmos, Smarmy Romanticism, Heartfelt Sincerity, Children of Fate, Incurable Diseases, Lucifer, Demons, and a Pegasus with a Mission, and it all makes about as much Sense as a Dream.
But, it has its Charm and Pulls at the Heartstrings quite Heavily. There is a Miscast Devil Disguised as an Out of Time Will Smith. But the Rest of the Cast are OK with Russell Crowe Happily Chewing the Thing and Colin Farrell looking Determined and Thoughtful as He Discovers many Rules and Regulations concerning "The Ways of the Universe".
Overall, it is an Over-Baked and Underrated Movie that has been Pummeled by Critics and is an Easy Pile-On because of its Sentimentality and ambitious Production Full of Wonders and Willful Seriousness.
It can be Enjoyed if You just Let Go and Let its Gooey Goofiness provide an Escape to another Dimension of Fallen Angels and other Angelic Characters. A Kind of Throwback to a more Innocent Age of Cinema where Cynical Critics were Not Welcome.
It Manages to Cobble Together, Time Displacement, the Supernatural, the Cosmos, Smarmy Romanticism, Heartfelt Sincerity, Children of Fate, Incurable Diseases, Lucifer, Demons, and a Pegasus with a Mission, and it all makes about as much Sense as a Dream.
But, it has its Charm and Pulls at the Heartstrings quite Heavily. There is a Miscast Devil Disguised as an Out of Time Will Smith. But the Rest of the Cast are OK with Russell Crowe Happily Chewing the Thing and Colin Farrell looking Determined and Thoughtful as He Discovers many Rules and Regulations concerning "The Ways of the Universe".
Overall, it is an Over-Baked and Underrated Movie that has been Pummeled by Critics and is an Easy Pile-On because of its Sentimentality and ambitious Production Full of Wonders and Willful Seriousness.
It can be Enjoyed if You just Let Go and Let its Gooey Goofiness provide an Escape to another Dimension of Fallen Angels and other Angelic Characters. A Kind of Throwback to a more Innocent Age of Cinema where Cynical Critics were Not Welcome.