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Face of an Angel, The

Face of an Angel, The

Drama

Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.

More information on this production is available at www.sodapictures.com.

The critical consensus

On one level a fascinating refraction of the Amanda Knox trial into an examination of perception, on another an increasingly trying hall of mirrors.

***(*)(*)Ian Nathan, Empire Online, 23/03/2015

Like Thomas, you suspect [Winterbottom] started out with a very different film in mind; the problem is, what he's ended up with is a mixed bag.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 23/03/2015

Dramatically underwhelming. Doesn’t really feel like there’s a film here.

**(*)(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 26/03/2015

What a mess this is--and what a shame.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 26/03/2015

The Face of an Angel is a fascinating but perplexing film, which typifies its director's offbeat approach to whatever subject matter he tackles.

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 27/03/2015

A little less authorial distance might have resulted in a more salacious film, but also perhaps a more involving one.

***(*)(*)Laurence Phelan, The Independent, 27/03/2015

The depiction of the creative process here is far too tedious and pretentious to illuminate anything meaningful about the way fiction and reality intersect.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 28/03/2015

It teeters cautiously on the line of defamation a little too closely, managing to be hyperbolic, stupid and rather distasteful.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Douglas James Greenwood, The Edinburgh Reporter, 28/03/2015

Overemphatic musical cues and dopey CG dream sequences (replete with head-munching serpents) merely accentuate the problems.

**(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 29/03/2015


Features about Face of an Angel, The

Director Michael Winterbottom insists he isn't exploiting Meredith Kercher's death with forthcoming film The Face of an Angel

Nick Clark, The Independent, 05/02/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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