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Offending Angels
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Wikipedia article
'Offending Angels' is a 2000 British romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Rajan.
Plot summary
Sam and Baggy are two non-committal slackers who while their time away with nonsensical affairs while dreaming of greater things in life. Paris and Zeke are two guardian angels who confront them with plans for change. Paris is a former dolphin while Zeke is a former squirrel.
Cast
*Susannah Harker as Paris
*Shaun Parkes as Zeke
*Andrew Lincoln as Sam
*Andrew Rajan as Baggy
*Jack Davenport as Rory
*Stephen Mangan as Fergus
*Michael Cochrane as Mentor
*Jesse Hopkins as Young Sam
Reception
The film became notorious because it took less than 100 at the box office.* It had a 70,000 budget and did very well on the festival circuit, selling out at every attendance; Gothenburg 2002, Raindance 2001, Emden 2002 and as the opening Gala Film at the Berlin Britspotting Festival, 2002. It was subsequently picked up by Ardent International sales agents on the strength of press reviews and actors performances, just at the time when Ardent CEO Prince Edward exited the industry, which proved to be terrible timing for the film release in the UK.
Critics
The film polarized critics; panned by some including the BBC, who called it a "truly awful pile of garbage", and 'Total Film', who called it "irredeemable", but 'Film Review' called it "A rather heartwarming story of the need to remember to live your life".Awards and nominations
'Emden International Film Festival'
*Nominated, "Emden Film Award" 'Andrew Rajan'
References
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