- Actors: Sam Bottoms, Lisa Eichhorn, Yeniffer Behrens, Marco Rodríguez, Tessa Koning-Martinez
- Directors: Steven Kovacs
- Writers: Steven Kovacs
- Producers: Steven Kovacs, Jack Moyal, Laurie Ann Post, Mary Keil
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: Oct 1 2002
- Run Time: 91 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004WG1J
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #54,941 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A great movie from start to finish.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Angel Blue (VHS Tape)
This movie is about a downward spiral of a big time California banker, Dennis Cromwell played by Sam Bottoms. He then becomes putty in his beautiful handyman's daughter Angel, played by Yennifer Behrens. The movie takes an odd twist when the two decide to run away together. The ending will surprise you even more. For anyone who likes romance love affairs and odd twists, this is the movie for you. "Angel Blue" is a must see of the year!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A contemporary take on LOLITA set in a small California town,
By A Customer
This review is from: Angel Blue (VHS Tape)
Review written by Glenn Lovell in DAILY VARIETY, November 13, 1998. Following that other highly publicized cautionary tale of adult-minor sex, "Lolita," the Lifetime pickup "My Neighbor's Daughter" seems almost polite in execution, Old World quaint. Helmer Steve Kovacs is to be congratulated for refusing to exploit the hot-button topic for salacious winks: he's mining meditative Atom Egoyan here, not hot-house Adrian Lyne. The pic, which had a three-day theatrical run in Berkeley under its original title "Angel Blue," was directed, written and produced by Kovacs, a Roger Corman alum. The low-budgeter charts the downward spiral of Dennis Cromwell (Sam Bottoms), a Northern California banker who's putty in the hands of his handyman's flirtatious daugher, Angel (newcomer Yeniffer Behrens). Dennis, who tools around in a vintage convertible and pines for Freddy Cannon's heyday, is a midlife crisis in the making. A high school reunion (his 25th) and a new baby in the house further distance Dennis from his down-in=the-dumps wife, Jill (Lisa Eichhorn). Angel, the Cromwells' babysitter, has her own woes: an abusive, philandering father (Marco Rodriguez) and creepy stalker (Chris Pray) somehow linked to her father's days helping illegals across the border. Adult ennui and teen insecurity prove a dangerous combo. Commiseration leads to platonic pecks and then to a lot more when near-hysterical Angel demands attention. The climactic bathroom coupling will remind some of Lyne's "Fatal Attraction," but here the handy Freudian symbols are combined with a lot more finesse. The pic's best scenes milk the irony/hypocrisy of Dennis's dilemma. Moments after delivering an impassioned "protect our kids" speech before city council, Dennis is arrested by a cop buddy (Jason Graves) for statutory rape. Kovacs has done a creditable job with the forbidden romance aspects. Pic definitely benefits from Behrens' energy and poise, and resourceful use of offbeat Bay Area locales (Marin, Portola Valley, etc.) Mickey Freeman's lensing nails both the glow of early romance and, through fool-the-eye reflections in a bar scene, the extent of Bottoms' infatuation. Karen Black has a short, bizarre bit as Angel's court-appointed shrink; Rodriguez is impassioned as Angel's suffocating dad; and Hungarian emigre Sandor Tecsy (who starred in Kovacs' earlier "68") steals each of his scenes as a robust gymnastics coach who echoes the pic's disgust with PC-obsessed moralists in our midst.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A contemporary take on LOLITA set in a small California town,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Angel Blue (VHS Tape)
Review written by Glenn Lovell in DAILY VARIETY, November 13, 1998. Following that other highly publicized cautionary tale of adult-minor sex, "Lolita," the Lifetime pickup "My Neighbor's Daughter" seems almost polite in execution, Old World quaint. Helmer Steve Kovacs is to be congratulated for refusing to exploit the hot-button topic for salacious winks: he's mining meditative Atom Egoyan here, not hot-house Adrian Lyne. The pic, which had a three-day theatrical run in Berkeley under its original title "Angel Blue," was directed, written and produced by Kovacs, a Roger Corman alum. The low-budgeter charts the downward spiral of Dennis Cromwell (Sam Bottoms), a Northern California banker who's putty in the hands of his handyman's flirtatious daugher, Angel (newcomer Yeniffer Behrens). Dennis, who tools around in a vintage convertible and pines for Freddy Cannon's heyday, is a midlife crisis in the making. A high school reunion (his 25th) and a new baby in the house further distance Dennis from his down-in=the-dumps wife, Jill (Lisa Eichhorn). Angel, the Cromwells' babysitter, has her own woes: an abusive, philandering father (Marco Rodriguez) and creepy stalker (Chris Pray) somehow linked to her father's days helping illegals across the border. Adult ennui and teen insecurity prove a dangerous combo. Commiseration leads to platonic pecks and then to a lot more when near-hysterical Angel demands attention. The climactic bathroom coupling will remind some of Lyne's "Fatal Attraction," but here the handy Freudian symbols are combined with a lot more finesse. The pic's best scenes milk the irony/hypocrisy of Dennis's dilemma. Moments after delivering an impassioned "protect our kids" speech before city council, Dennis is arrested by a cop buddy (Jason Graves) for statutory rape. Kovacs has done a creditable job with the forbidden romance aspects. Pic definitely benefits from Behrens' energy and poise, and resourceful use of offbeat Bay Area locales (Marin, Portola Valley, etc.) Mickey Freeman's lensing nails both the glow of early romance and, through fool-the-eye reflections in a bar scene, the extent of Bottoms' infatuation. Karen Black has a short, bizarre bit as Angel's court-appointed shrink; Rodriguez is impassioned as Angel's suffocating dad; and Hungarian emigre Sandor Tecsy (who starred in Kovacs' earlier "68") steals each of his scenes as a robust gymnastics coach who echoes the pic's disgust with PC-obsessed moralists in our midst.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great movie from start to finish.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Angel Blue (VHS Tape)
This movie is about a downward spiral of a big time California banker, Dennis Cromwell played by Sam Bottoms. He then becomes putty in his beautiful handyman's daughter Angel, played by Yennifer Behrens. The movie takes an odd twist when the two decide to run away together. The ending will surprise you even more. For anyone who likes romance love affairs and odd twists, this is the movie for you. "Angel Blue" is a must see of the year!
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
about this DVDfilm Angel Blue........,
By Ang Poon Kah - Published on Amazon.com
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This film is actually against the law (illegal film) to have as this story is basically about underaged sex between a married woman and a young teenager girl which end up in police case or even kill case, not going to talk much or else will not be nice to watch. Recommended to those whom are interested in this genre of film.Angel Blue Review written by: Dr, MR Franc MBBS (PhD) GPS Ang Poon Kah Director Lou Ye (Ang Poon Kah) for film the summer palace Director "" (Ang Poon Kah) for film the kite runner. |
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