OK, I'll confess, I'm a sucker for beautiful women and Emmanuelle Béart is off the charts in this movie. The movie is funny, campy and the angelic scenes are well done. The Monkees playing money hungry promoters is a kick! I know "feel good" is trite and over-used, but this REALLY is a movie that makes the viewer feel good, unless their heart has been hardened. It reminds you that there are many wonderful things in this world: deep, heartfelt love, funny friends and lots of angels. The fact this wholesome, angelic movie rates only 4.7 stars speaks volumes about Americans' fear of spiritual matters and endemic disconnect from their souls. Date With an Angel is definitely on my top 20 list!

If you're in the mood for a very light-weight fantasy love story, give it a try. It has some seriously over-the-top acting in places, but it's a cute story; its central characters are likable and charming, and the supporting cast has some pretty funny moments. It'll be in my DVD library one day. Trust me, you'll like it. How much? I couldn't let the earlier negative review go unanswered.Spoiler follows.The groom is a decent, likable guy who finds an injured angel in his pool after waking up the morning after his wild bachelor party. His fiancé finds the angel in his home the next morning and, thinking he is having an affair with a normal girl, spends the rest of the movie in a rage, trying to track her fiancé down to win him back or wreak revenge, or something. Meanwhile, he cares for the angel until her wing heals, while simultaneously trying to keep his wild, mischievous & capitalistic best friends from revealing her to the world. This is complicated by these recurring headaches he has. The man and the angel fall in love. Eventually though, the angel heals and flies away, about the same time that the man collapses with a stroke. The man is in a coma at the hospital being grieved for by his family and friends when the angel returns, in disguise. It turns out that the angel was originally sent to Earth to take the man's soul to heaven, but her mission was delayed. Now they both are ready, but she can't do it. The complication? She is in love with him. So what is an angel to do?

No spoilers here. The only spoiler is the wretched movie itself, trying to spoil the careers of anyone associated with it.I kept waiting for it to get better, then for it to end. It only got worse as it went on. After an hour, I could barely stand it any more, but slogged on through to wallow in its full wretchedness.Do angels not speak? I distinctly remember angels appearing and speaking in Bible stories. It would have been nice had writer/director Tom McLoughlin given some lines to the one actor in the movie we know has some talent - And that would be Emmanuelle Béart. But we only know that from seeing her other films, especially "Un coeur en hiver" and "L'Enfer." This is one even a Béart completist should skip.

... but not even her unearthly, celestial beauty could rescue this film. And yes, the young Phoebe Cates was beautiful, but in looks alone, she's no match for Ms. Beart. But really, this is a idiotic film, with an idiotic plot, that is only watchable when Ms. Beart is on screen. Yes, she can do with just a glance what most actresses need a few pages of dialog to convey. I can't recommend this boring, badly directed and badly everything film, except for Ms. Beart. She's the only reason why you should watch this film, but fast forward any part she's not in.