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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigAn uplifting but occasionally treacly tale of transcendent grief, opted to venture where angels go fearlessly.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardWith its mystical mumbo jumbo and even a helpful beam of celestial light in one scene, A Rumor of Angels is a kind of cinematic comfort food for an undemanding audience.
- 50Film ThreatMichael DequinaFilm ThreatMichael DequinaWere it not for the presence of higher-level acting talent, A Rumor of Angels would have been a banal TV movie.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanA predictable tearjerker whose main redeeming feature is that you don't actually see any of the angels in the title.
- 40L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmA Rumor of Angels beats its wings furiously, only to sink back into spiritualist goo.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs A Rumor of Angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum, not even Ms. Redgrave's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality.
- 30Los Angeles TimesJohn AndersonLos Angeles TimesJohn AndersonThe emotional aspects of the story are treated with such a heavy hand, the supernatural aspects are so vague and uninvolving, and the group dynamic is so unconvincing that one can't quite imagine why anybody bothered.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe pat reconciliations among family members start to pile up like so much driftwood along the beach.
- 30Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternI've been a Vanessa Redgrave fan for such a long time that I would have been happy to watch her beautifully weathered face without much happening around her.