Michael

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

Cast

John Travolta

as Michael

Andie MacDowell

as Dorothy Winters

William Hurt

as Frank Quinlan

Bob Hoskins

as Vartan Malt

Robert Pastorelli

as Huey Driscoll

Jean Stapleton

as Pansy Milbank

Teri Garr

as Judge Esther Newberg

Wallace Langham

as Bruce Craddock

Joey Lauren Adams

as Anita

Carla Gugino

as Bride

Reviews

Wuchak

***Testifies to the JOY of living itself*** Michael, excellently portrayed by John Travolta, is an unorthodox Archangel enjoying his last mission (vacation?) to Earth. A supermarket tabloid from Chicago sends a team to Iowa to get a story and pictures; after discovering that he's a real angel the...

GenerationofSwine

Andie MacDowell was once the most adorable person in Hollywood wasn't she? And I mean that as it utterly charming. And the same goes for her performance here, she turns up the charm and does her best to sell the role. But, unfortunately, Travolta (fresh from his Pulp Fiction rebirth) is playing h...

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