City of Angels

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Tracy F @Tray72 Feb 3 I loved this movie when it came out!! Little out there but, to me a classic. Top 10 Eveytime I hear the Goo Goo Dolls I think of this movie. The end tore me up, I love an Unhappy ending for a change. When Meg was beyond adorable and Nick was the man. Maybe I'm being nostalgic 😔 See more bao s @RT77741678 Jan 25 Wut lol? Did the director watch the original or did some drunk person just tell him about it? See more Tyler P. @TylerPhoenixMD Nov 26 Really enjoyed this! The acting was amazing, as well as the soundtrack to get you totally engaged! See more Kim P @RT72072914 Nov 22 Great premise, great music, but the execution falls well short of its ambition. See more babarizam D @RT59932316 Oct 30 One of my all time fav but I have never watched it second time because the taste of first time is so sweet and tender on my lips that I dont want to misplaced. See more Brent H @BrentMHinson Oct 29 My wife and I saw this in theaters the weekend it came out in 1998. However, recently, we've been revisiting and rewatching various films that our son hasn't seen yet. He picked out "City Of Angels" as one he wanted to see, so we watched it again as he saw it for the first time. While I enjoyed the film the first time I watched it over 25 years ago, seeing it again with a ton of life experience sandwiched in between, I found myself appreciating it much more now. There are certain things I didn't notice during my initial viewing. "Maggie Rice," the character Meg Ryan portrays, says, "Those eyes. The way he looked right... right down into me." It's taken me this long to make the correlation between that line and the song "Iris" that the Goo Goo Dolls contribute to the soundtrack. The title of the song always confused me, but with this new context, I'm ashamed I didn't see it sooner. Nowadays, a movie that references heaven, angels, or the afterlife is often embraced by one particular audience and dismissed by another. I'm not sure if this movie would garner the type of attention it deserves if it were released in 2025. Whatever your outlook on the afterlife is, that's not the point the film is trying to address. There are several layers intertwined within the story, including relinquishing control, recognizing true love, and appreciating the things we take for granted daily. The best line, however you choose to interpret it, is delivered twice by two different characters, "Some things are true whether you believe them or not." At times, it can be a challenging movie for some to watch, but I walked away with a peace I didn't understand when I first saw it at 20. Time and life experiences have a way of making you look at things from a slightly different perspective. See more Read all reviews

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