Angels Fall (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Ralph Hemecker

Writers (WGA):

Janet Brownell (teleplay)
Nora Roberts (novel)

Release Date:

29 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

A chef moves to a small town in Wyoming after her Botson restaurant is shut down because of a fatal shooting. |

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Small Town | Flashback Sequence | Murder | Based On Novel

Cast

Heather Locklear	...	Reese Gilmore
Johnathon Schaech	...	Brody
Gary Hudson	...	Rick Marsden
Derek Hamilton	...	Lo
Linda Darlow	...	Joanie
Lisa Marie Caruk	...	Linda Gail
Len Crowther	...	Doc
Pete Seadon	...	Mac Drubber
Chezlene Kocian	...	Marlie
Shannon Tuer	...	Denna James
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jemma Blackwell	...	Debbie Marsden
Christy Greene	...	Ginny
Lori Ravensborg	...	Jeweler
Aedan Tomney	...	Pete
Guillermo Ura	...	Sege
Tamara Werden	...	Woman in Orange Hat

Also Known As:

Nora Roberts' Angels Fall (Australia) (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

Argentina:90 min | Germany:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Alberta Film Entertainment

What movie were you watching?

All of you who wrote positive reviews, what movie were you watching? There are so many things wrong with this movie, it would take hours to list them all.

I've been reading Nora Roberts' books since her first serial romance way back when. She is a great writer and writes great books. I was somewhat surprised to see her name attached to this movie as a consultant, because if I were her, I'd sue. This movie was awful. The only thing the movie was true to was the characters, location and concept. So much was left out and altered I believe a name change would have prevented me from realizing it was based on the book.

Heather Locklear was way too old and I think it was her plastic surgery that got in the way of expression. Other than the freaky flashbacks (which seemed to focus on electric shock therapy that I don't even remember from the book) and the obvious scenes (sleeping in the tub or with a knife) I never bought her as Robert's freaked-out-Reece.

Brody was perfectly cast, although they played him much softer than he was in the book (I'm not commenting on the performance just the appearance, as I believe, to a large degree, good or bad acting, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder).

The remaining characters didn't play well for me, particularly Lo, and I was disgusted with their pathetic and obvious attempts at distraction using Lo as a red herring. . . just sad.

They included so many odd details from the book that never went anywhere in the movie, for instance, Reece kept mentioning the herbs, but nothing ever happened (in the book, Joanie allowed her to purchase some) and the Lo/Linda Gail romance, as abbreviated as it was in the movie, should have been left out as it was distracting and, for someone who read the book, left hanging and useless.

Read her books and skip the movies. It was ridiculous, but then I was pretty sure it would be. I won't waste my time with Montana Sky.